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  2. Del in cylindrical and spherical coordinates - Wikipedia

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    This article uses the standard notation ISO 80000-2, which supersedes ISO 31-11, for spherical coordinates (other sources may reverse the definitions of θ and φ): . The polar angle is denoted by [,]: it is the angle between the z-axis and the radial vector connecting the origin to the point in question.

  3. Cylindrical coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    A cylindrical coordinate system is a three-dimensional coordinate system that specifies point positions by the distance from a chosen reference axis (axis L in the image opposite), the direction from the axis relative to a chosen reference direction (axis A), and the distance from a chosen reference plane perpendicular to the axis (plane ...

  4. Vector fields in cylindrical and spherical coordinates

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    Vectors are defined in cylindrical coordinates by (ρ, φ, z), where . ρ is the length of the vector projected onto the xy-plane,; φ is the angle between the projection of the vector onto the xy-plane (i.e. ρ) and the positive x-axis (0 ≤ φ < 2π),

  5. Line-cylinder intersection - Wikipedia

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    The equation simply states that points ¯ are exactly at Euclidean distance from the axis ^ starting from point ¯, where is measured in units of ‖ ^ ‖. Note that ‖ a ^ ‖ = 1 {\displaystyle \lVert {\hat {a}}\rVert =1} if a ^ {\displaystyle {\hat {a}}} is a unit vector.

  6. Barzilai-Borwein method - Wikipedia

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    The Barzilai-Borwein method [1] is an iterative gradient descent method for unconstrained optimization using either of two step sizes derived from the linear trend of the most recent two iterates. This method, and modifications, are globally convergent under mild conditions, [ 2 ] [ 3 ] and perform competitively with conjugate gradient methods ...

  7. Volume integral - Wikipedia

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    It can also mean a triple integral within a region of a function (,,), and is usually written as: (,,).. A volume integral in cylindrical coordinates is (,,), and a volume integral in spherical coordinates (using the ISO convention for angles with as the azimuth and measured from the polar axis (see more on conventions)) has the form (,,) ⁡.

  8. Arc length - Wikipedia

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    The length of the curve is given by the formula = | ′ | where | ′ | is the Euclidean norm of the tangent vector ′ to the curve. To justify this formula, define the arc length as limit of the sum of linear segment lengths for a regular partition of [ a , b ] {\displaystyle [a,b]} as the number of segments approaches infinity.

  9. Curvilinear coordinates - Wikipedia

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    Equations with boundary conditions that follow coordinate surfaces for a particular curvilinear coordinate system may be easier to solve in that system. While one might describe the motion of a particle in a rectangular box using Cartesian coordinates, it is easier to describe the motion in a sphere with spherical coordinates.