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@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
}
\end{aligned}$$
-The spherical basis vectors $\vu{e}_r$, $\vu{e}_\theta$ and $\vu{e}_\varphi$
-are expressed in the Cartesian basis like so:
-
The spherical coordinate system is an orthogonal
[curvilinear](/know/concept/curvilinear-coordinates/) system,
whose scale factors $h_r$, $h_\theta$ and $h_\varphi$ we want to find.
@@ -67,7 +64,7 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
\end{aligned}$$
And then we calculate the line element $\dd{\ell}^2$,
-skipping many terms thanks to orthogonality,
+skipping many terms thanks to orthogonality:
$$\begin{aligned}
\dd{\ell}^2
@@ -94,7 +91,7 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
}
\end{aligned}$$
-With to these factors, we can easily convert things from the Cartesian system
+With these factors, we can easily convert things from the Cartesian system
using the standard formulae for orthogonal curvilinear coordinates.
The basis vectors are:
@@ -164,7 +161,7 @@ $$\begin{aligned}
}
\end{aligned}$$
-So, for example, an integral over all of space in Cartesian is converted like so:
+So, for example, an integral over all of space is converted like so:
$$\begin{aligned}
\iiint_{-\infty}^\infty f(x, y, z) \dd{V}