3-D Coordinate Systems
Main Concept
The Cartesian coordinate system is the default 3-D coordinate system used by Maple.
Additionally, Maple supports the following 3-D coordinate systems:
Conversions
The conversions from the various coordinate systems to cartesian coordinates in three dimensions
are given as follows:
bipolarcylindrical (Spiegel)
bispherical
where
cardioidal
cardioidcylindrical
casscylindrical (Cassinian-oval cylinder)
confocalellip (confocal elliptic)
confocalparab (confocal parabolic)
conical
cylindrical
ellcylindrical (elliptic cylindrical)
ellipsoidal
hypercylindrical (hyperbolic cylinder)
invcasscylindrical (inverse Cassinian-oval cylinder)
invellcylindrical (inverse elliptic cylinder)
invoblspheroidal (inverse oblate spheroidal)
invprospheroidal (inverse prolate spheroidal)
logcylindrical (logarithmic cylinder)
logcoshcylindrical (ln cosh cylinder)
maxwellcylindrical
oblatespheroidal
paraboloidal (Spiegel)
paraboloidal2 (Moon)
paracylindrical
prolatespheroidal
rectangular
rosecylindrical
sixsphere (6-sphere)
spherical
tangentcylindrical
tangentsphere
toroidal
Instructions: Adjust the sliders to see how the surface depends on each parameter.
Coordinate System:bipolarcylindricalbisphericalcardioidalcardioidcylindricalcasscylindricalconfocalellipconfocalparabconicalcylindricalellcylindricalellipsoidalhypercylindricalinvcasscylindricalinvellcylindricalinvoblspheroidalinvprospheroidallogcoshcylindricallogcylindricalmaxwellcylindricaloblatespheroidalparaboloidalparaboloidal2paracylindricalprolatespheroidalrectangularrosecylindricalsixspheresphericaltangentcylindricaltangentspheretoroidal
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