OPERATORS IN CYLINDRICAL POLARS (CPs)

AND SPHERICAL POLARS (SPs)

1. CPs (Cylindrical Polars) (r, θ, z) h1 = 1, h2 = r, h3 = 1

∂V 1 ∂V ∂V
∇V = r̂ + θ̂ + ẑ (CP.1)
∂r r ∂θ ∂z

1 ∂ 1 ∂F2 ∂F3
∇·F= (rF1 ) + + (CP.2)
r ∂r r ∂θ ∂z

     
1 ∂F3 ∂F2 ∂F1 ∂F3 1 ∂ 1 ∂F1
∇×F= − r̂ + − θ̂ + (rF2 ) − ẑ (CP.3)
r ∂θ ∂z ∂z ∂r r ∂r r ∂θ

1 ∂2V ∂2V
 
2 1 ∂ ∂V
∇ V = r + 2 + (CP.4)
r ∂r ∂r r ∂θ2 ∂z 2

2. SPs (Spherical Polars) (r, θ, φ) h1 = 1, h2 = r, h3 = r sin θ

∂V 1 ∂V 1 ∂V
∇V = r̂ + θ̂ + φ̂ (SP.1)
∂r r ∂θ r sin θ ∂φ

1 ∂ 2 1 ∂ 1 ∂F3
∇·F= 2
(r F1 ) + {(sin θ)F2 } + (SP.2)
r ∂r r sin θ ∂θ r sin θ ∂φ

   
1 ∂ ∂F2 1 ∂F1 ∂
∇×F= {(sin θ)F3 } − r̂ + − {(r sin θ)F3 } θ̂
r sin θ ∂θ ∂φ r sin θ ∂φ ∂r
 
1 ∂ ∂F1
+ (rF2 ) − φ̂ (SP.3)
r ∂r ∂θ

∂2V
   
2 1 ∂ 2 ∂V 1 ∂ ∂V 1
∇ V = 2 r + 2 sin θ + 2 2 (SP.4)
r ∂r ∂r r sin θ ∂θ ∂θ r sin θ ∂φ2