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Electromagnetic <strong>The</strong>orem<br />

(Dr. Omed Ghareb Abdullah) University <strong>of</strong> Sulaimani –College <strong>of</strong> Science – Physics Department<br />

Cylindrical Coordinates:<br />

<strong>The</strong> cylindrical coordinates , , <strong>of</strong> a point are defined in Fig.<br />

: is the<br />

distance from the z‐axis.<br />

∶<br />

∶<br />

0 ⟶ ∞<br />

0 ⟶ 2<br />

∶<br />

∞ ⟶ ∞<br />

<strong>The</strong>ir relation to Cartesian coordinates , , is:<br />

cos<br />

sin<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

Any <strong>vector</strong> can be expressed as:<br />

<br />

, & are unit <strong><strong>vector</strong>s</strong>, pointing in the direction <strong>of</strong><br />

increase <strong>of</strong><br />

the corresponding<br />

coordinates. In terms<br />

<strong>of</strong> the Cartesian unit <strong><strong>vector</strong>s</strong>:<br />

cos<br />

sin<br />

<br />

sin cos <br />

<br />

∙<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

<br />

cos <br />

sin <br />

0<br />

<br />

sin <br />

cos <br />

0<br />

<br />

0<br />

0<br />

1

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