Talk:Orthogonal coordinates
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Hi everyone I'm a student of mechanical engineering,(M.Sc) ,I'd like to know the Gradient Operator in Toroidal Coordinates. My mail is Keivan82@yahoo.com
Thanks, Keivan (81.12.30.4) 29 July 2006, 18:31
- Hi, Keivan, and welcome to Wikipedia!
- To answer your question, the general formula is given in this article; it's the first formula under the "Differential operators" section. To make the general formula specific for toroidal coordinates, you have to replace the q1, q2 and q3 with the toroidal coordinates, and the scale factors h1, h2, h3 with the formulae found on the page for toroidal coordinates. If this article wasn't clear, or if you have other suggestions, please let us know!
- By the way, please become a member of Wikipedia and learn to contribute constructively; it's that link in the upper right-hand corner. See you around Willow 06:55, 31 July 2006 (UTC)
