Introduction

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Section 2.1 Introduction

Curvilinear coordinates are a coordinate system for Euclidean space in which the coordinate lines may be curved. Here we will focus on the most commonly used curvilinear coordinates: polar coordinates in $\R^2$ and spherical and cylindrical coordinates in $\R^3\text{.}$

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Section 2.1 Introduction