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Student[VectorCalculus][SetCoordinates] - set the coordinate attribute on a Vector
Calling Sequence
SetCoordinates(v, c)
Parameters
v
-
(optional) free or position Vector
c
name or name[name, name, ...]; specify the coordinate system, possibly indexed by the coordinate names
Description
The SetCoordinates(v, c) calling sequence sets the coordinate attribute on the Vector v.
Important: The SetCoordinates command does not convert a Vector to a new coordinate system. It simply changes the coordinate system attribute. To convert a Vector to a new coordinate system, use the MapToBasis command.
The SetCoordinates(c) calling sequence sets the default coordinate system to c.
If c is given only as a name, default coordinate names are used for the display (only) of Vectors.
To be able to create a vector field using the default coordinate system, you must provide names for the coordinates in the index to the coordinate system specification c of the SetCoordinates call. See the Examples section.
The coordinate systems recognized by the Student[VectorCalculus] package are described in Coordinates.
Examples
If you create a vector field and do not specify a coordinate system with coordinate names, default coordinate names for that system are generated.
See Also
Coordinates, Student[VectorCalculus], Student[VectorCalculus][GetCoordinates], Student[VectorCalculus][MapToBasis], Student[VectorCalculus][Vector], Student[VectorCalculus][VectorField]
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