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Coordinate conversions

Conversion between Cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates

	Cartesian	Cylindrical	Spherical
Cartesian	—N/a	${\begin{aligned}x&=\rho \cos \varphi \\y&=\rho \sin \varphi \\z&=z\end{aligned}}$	${\begin{aligned}x&=r\sin \theta \cos \varphi \\y&=r\sin \theta \sin \varphi \\z&=r\cos \theta \end{aligned}}$
Cylindrical	${\begin{aligned}\rho &={\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}\\\varphi &=\arctan \left({\frac {y}{x}}\right)\\z&=z\end{aligned}}$	—N/a	${\begin{aligned}\rho &=r\sin \theta \\\varphi &=\varphi \\z&=r\cos \theta \end{aligned}}$
Spherical	${\begin{aligned}r&={\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}\\\theta &=\arccos \left({\frac {z}{r}}\right)\\\varphi &=\arctan \left({\frac {y}{x}}\right)\end{aligned}}$	${\begin{aligned}r&={\sqrt {\rho ^{2}+z^{2}}}\\\theta &=\arctan {\left({\frac {\rho }{z}}\right)}\\\varphi &=\varphi \end{aligned}}$	—N/a

Unit vector conversions

Conversion between unit vectors in Cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical coordinate systems in terms of destination coordinates

	Cartesian	Cylindrical	Spherical
Cartesian	—N/a	${\begin{aligned}{\hat {\mathbf {x} }}&=\cos \varphi {\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}-\sin \varphi {\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}\\{\hat {\mathbf {y} }}&=\sin \varphi {\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}+\cos \varphi {\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}\\{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}&={\hat {\mathbf {z} }}\end{aligned}}$	${\begin{aligned}{\hat {\mathbf {x} }}&=\sin \theta \cos \varphi {\hat {\mathbf {r} }}+\cos \theta \cos \varphi {\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}-\sin \varphi {\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}\\{\hat {\mathbf {y} }}&=\sin \theta \sin \varphi {\hat {\mathbf {r} }}+\cos \theta \sin \varphi {\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}+\cos \varphi {\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}\\{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}&=\cos \theta {\hat {\mathbf {r} }}-\sin \theta {\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}\end{aligned}}$
Cylindrical	${\begin{aligned}{\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}&={\frac {x{\hat {\mathbf {x} }}+y{\hat {\mathbf {y} }}}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}}\\{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}&={\frac {-y{\hat {\mathbf {x} }}+x{\hat {\mathbf {y} }}}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}}\\{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}&={\hat {\mathbf {z} }}\end{aligned}}$	—N/a	${\begin{aligned}{\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}&=\sin \theta {\hat {\mathbf {r} }}+\cos \theta {\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}\\{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}&={\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}\\{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}&=\cos \theta {\hat {\mathbf {r} }}-\sin \theta {\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}\end{aligned}}$
Spherical	${\begin{aligned}{\hat {\mathbf {r} }}&={\frac {x{\hat {\mathbf {x} }}+y{\hat {\mathbf {y} }}+z{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}}\\{\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}&={\frac {\left(x{\hat {\mathbf {x} }}+y{\hat {\mathbf {y} }}\right)z-\left(x^{2}+y^{2}\right){\hat {\mathbf {z} }}}{{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}}}\\{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}&={\frac {-y{\hat {\mathbf {x} }}+x{\hat {\mathbf {y} }}}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}}\end{aligned}}$	${\begin{aligned}{\hat {\mathbf {r} }}&={\frac {\rho {\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}+z{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}}{\sqrt {\rho ^{2}+z^{2}}}}\\{\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}&={\frac {z{\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}-\rho {\hat {\mathbf {z} }}}{\sqrt {\rho ^{2}+z^{2}}}}\\{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}&={\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}\end{aligned}}$	—N/a

Conversion between unit vectors in Cartesian, cylindrical, and spherical coordinate systems in terms of source coordinates

	Cartesian	Cylindrical	Spherical
Cartesian	—N/a	${\begin{aligned}{\hat {\mathbf {x} }}&={\frac {x{\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}-y{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}}\\{\hat {\mathbf {y} }}&={\frac {y{\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}+x{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}}\\{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}&={\hat {\mathbf {z} }}\end{aligned}}$	${\begin{aligned}{\hat {\mathbf {x} }}&={\frac {x\left({\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}{\hat {\mathbf {r} }}+z{\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}\right)-y{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}}{{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}}}\\{\hat {\mathbf {y} }}&={\frac {y\left({\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}{\hat {\mathbf {r} }}+z{\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}\right)+x{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}}{{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}}}\\{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}&={\frac {z{\hat {\mathbf {r} }}-{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}}}{\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}}{\sqrt {x^{2}+y^{2}+z^{2}}}}\end{aligned}}$
Cylindrical	${\begin{aligned}{\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}&=\cos \varphi {\hat {\mathbf {x} }}+\sin \varphi {\hat {\mathbf {y} }}\\{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}&=-\sin \varphi {\hat {\mathbf {x} }}+\cos \varphi {\hat {\mathbf {y} }}\\{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}&={\hat {\mathbf {z} }}\end{aligned}}$	—N/a	${\begin{aligned}{\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}&={\frac {\rho {\hat {\mathbf {r} }}+z{\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}}{\sqrt {\rho ^{2}+z^{2}}}}\\{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}&={\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}\\{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}&={\frac {z{\hat {\mathbf {r} }}-\rho {\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}}{\sqrt {\rho ^{2}+z^{2}}}}\end{aligned}}$
Spherical	${\begin{aligned}{\hat {\mathbf {r} }}&=\sin \theta \left(\cos \varphi {\hat {\mathbf {x} }}+\sin \varphi {\hat {\mathbf {y} }}\right)+\cos \theta {\hat {\mathbf {z} }}\\{\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}&=\cos \theta \left(\cos \varphi {\hat {\mathbf {x} }}+\sin \varphi {\hat {\mathbf {y} }}\right)-\sin \theta {\hat {\mathbf {z} }}\\{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}&=-\sin \varphi {\hat {\mathbf {x} }}+\cos \varphi {\hat {\mathbf {y} }}\end{aligned}}$	${\begin{aligned}{\hat {\mathbf {r} }}&=\sin \theta {\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}+\cos \theta {\hat {\mathbf {z} }}\\{\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}&=\cos \theta {\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}-\sin \theta {\hat {\mathbf {z} }}\\{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}&={\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}\end{aligned}}$	—N/a

Del formulae

Operation	Cartesian coordinates (x, y, z)	Cylindrical coordinates (ρ, φ, z)	Spherical coordinates (r, θ, φ), where θ is the polar angle and φ is azimuthal
A vector field A	$A_{x}{\hat {\mathbf {x} }}+A_{y}{\hat {\mathbf {y} }}+A_{z}{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}$	$A_{\rho }{\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}+A_{\varphi }{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}+A_{z}{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}$	$A_{r}{\hat {\mathbf {r} }}+A_{\theta }{\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}+A_{\varphi }{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}$
Gradient ∇f	${\partial f \over \partial x}{\hat {\mathbf {x} }}+{\partial f \over \partial y}{\hat {\mathbf {y} }}+{\partial f \over \partial z}{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}$	${\partial f \over \partial \rho }{\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}+{1 \over \rho }{\partial f \over \partial \varphi }{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}+{\partial f \over \partial z}{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}$	${\partial f \over \partial r}{\hat {\mathbf {r} }}+{1 \over r}{\partial f \over \partial \theta }{\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}+{1 \over r\sin \theta }{\partial f \over \partial \varphi }{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}$
Divergence ∇ ⋅ A	${\partial A_{x} \over \partial x}+{\partial A_{y} \over \partial y}+{\partial A_{z} \over \partial z}$	${1 \over \rho }{\partial \left(\rho A_{\rho }\right) \over \partial \rho }+{1 \over \rho }{\partial A_{\varphi } \over \partial \varphi }+{\partial A_{z} \over \partial z}$	${1 \over r^{2}}{\partial \left(r^{2}A_{r}\right) \over \partial r}+{1 \over r\sin \theta }{\partial \over \partial \theta }\left(A_{\theta }\sin \theta \right)+{1 \over r\sin \theta }{\partial A_{\varphi } \over \partial \varphi }$
Curl ∇ × A	${\begin{aligned}\left({\frac {\partial A_{z}}{\partial y}}-{\frac {\partial A_{y}}{\partial z}}\right)&{\hat {\mathbf {x} }}\\+\left({\frac {\partial A_{x}}{\partial z}}-{\frac {\partial A_{z}}{\partial x}}\right)&{\hat {\mathbf {y} }}\\+\left({\frac {\partial A_{y}}{\partial x}}-{\frac {\partial A_{x}}{\partial y}}\right)&{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}\end{aligned}}$	${\begin{aligned}\left({\frac {1}{\rho }}{\frac {\partial A_{z}}{\partial \varphi }}-{\frac {\partial A_{\varphi }}{\partial z}}\right)&{\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}\\+\left({\frac {\partial A_{\rho }}{\partial z}}-{\frac {\partial A_{z}}{\partial \rho }}\right)&{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}\\{}+{\frac {1}{\rho }}\left({\frac {\partial \left(\rho A_{\varphi }\right)}{\partial \rho }}-{\frac {\partial A_{\rho }}{\partial \varphi }}\right)&{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}\end{aligned}}$	${\begin{aligned}{\frac {1}{r\sin \theta }}\left({\frac {\partial }{\partial \theta }}\left(A_{\varphi }\sin \theta \right)-{\frac {\partial A_{\theta }}{\partial \varphi }}\right)&{\hat {\mathbf {r} }}\\{}+{\frac {1}{r}}\left({\frac {1}{\sin \theta }}{\frac {\partial A_{r}}{\partial \varphi }}-{\frac {\partial }{\partial r}}\left(rA_{\varphi }\right)\right)&{\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}\\{}+{\frac {1}{r}}\left({\frac {\partial }{\partial r}}\left(rA_{\theta }\right)-{\frac {\partial A_{r}}{\partial \theta }}\right)&{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}\end{aligned}}$
Laplace operator ∇2f ≡ ∆f	${\partial ^{2}f \over \partial x^{2}}+{\partial ^{2}f \over \partial y^{2}}+{\partial ^{2}f \over \partial z^{2}}$	${1 \over \rho }{\partial \over \partial \rho }\left(\rho {\partial f \over \partial \rho }\right)+{1 \over \rho ^{2}}{\partial ^{2}f \over \partial \varphi ^{2}}+{\partial ^{2}f \over \partial z^{2}}$	${1 \over r^{2}}{\partial \over \partial r}\!\left(r^{2}{\partial f \over \partial r}\right)\!+\!{1 \over r^{2}\!\sin \theta }{\partial \over \partial \theta }\!\left(\sin \theta {\partial f \over \partial \theta }\right)\!+\!{1 \over r^{2}\!\sin ^{2}\theta }{\partial ^{2}f \over \partial \varphi ^{2}}$
Differential displacement dℓ	$dx\,{\hat {\mathbf {x} }}+dy\,{\hat {\mathbf {y} }}+dz\,{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}$	$d\rho \,{\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}+\rho \,d\varphi \,{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}+dz\,{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}$	$dr\,{\hat {\mathbf {r} }}+r\,d\theta \,{\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}+r\,\sin \theta \,d\varphi \,{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}$
Differential normal area dS	${\begin{aligned}dy\,dz&\,{\hat {\mathbf {x} }}\\{}+dx\,dz&\,{\hat {\mathbf {y} }}\\{}+dx\,dy&\,{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}\end{aligned}}$	${\begin{aligned}\rho \,d\varphi \,dz&\,{\hat {\boldsymbol {\rho }}}\\{}+d\rho \,dz&\,{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}\\{}+\rho \,d\rho \,d\varphi &\,{\hat {\mathbf {z} }}\end{aligned}}$	${\begin{aligned}r^{2}\sin \theta \,d\theta \,d\varphi &\,{\hat {\mathbf {r} }}\\{}+r\sin \theta \,dr\,d\varphi &\,{\hat {\boldsymbol {\theta }}}\\{}+r\,dr\,d\theta &\,{\hat {\boldsymbol {\varphi }}}\end{aligned}}$
Differential volume dV	$dx\,dy\,dz$	$\rho \,d\rho \,d\varphi \,dz$	$r^{2}\sin \theta \,dr\,d\theta \,d\varphi$

Non-trivial calculation rules

1. $\operatorname {div} \,\operatorname {grad} f\equiv \nabla \cdot \nabla f\equiv \nabla ^{2}f$
2. $\operatorname {curl} \,\operatorname {grad} f\equiv \nabla \times \nabla f=\mathbf {0}$
3. $\operatorname {div} \,\operatorname {curl} \mathbf {A} \equiv \nabla \cdot (\nabla \times \mathbf {A} )=0$
4. $\operatorname {curl} \,\operatorname {curl} \mathbf {A} \equiv \nabla \times (\nabla \times \mathbf {A} )=\nabla (\nabla \cdot \mathbf {A} )-\nabla ^{2}\mathbf {A}$ (Lagrange's formula for del)
5. $\nabla ^{2}(fg)=f\nabla ^{2}g+2\nabla f\cdot \nabla g+g\nabla ^{2}f$