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A part of the EEE201: Electromagnetic Theory course, specifically lecture 2. It covers vector notation using rectangular, cylindrical, and spherical coordinates. Topics include dot product, cross product, vector representation, unit vectors, base vector properties, and metric coefficients. The document also discusses the representation of differential lengths and surface elements in each coordinate system.
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VECTOR NOTATION:
A Axa x Ayay Azaz
ˆ ˆ ˆ
Rectangular or
Cartesian
Coordinate
System
x
z
y
A B Ax Bx AyBy AzBz
Dot Product
x y z
x y z
x y z
B B B
A A A
a a a
A B
ˆ ˆ ˆ
Cross Product
2
1
2 2 2
x y z
A A A A
Magnitude of vector
(SCALAR)
(VECTOR)
x
y
z
A
x
A
y
A
z
A
B
Dot product:
x x y y z z
A B A B A B A B
Cross product:
x y z
x y z
Back
Cartesian Coordinates
Page 108
VECTOR REPRESENTATION: CYLINDRICAL COORDINATES
Cylindrical representation uses: r , f , z
A Ar ar A a Azaz
ˆ ˆ ˆ f f
UNIT VECTORS:
r z
f
Dot Product
(SCALAR)
r
f
z
P
x
z
y
x
z
y
VECTOR REPRESENTATION: UNIT VECTORS
y
a
ˆ x
a
ˆ
z
a
ˆ
Unit Vector
Representation
for Rectangular
Coordinate
System
x
a
ˆ
The Unit Vectors imply :
y
a
ˆ
z
a
ˆ
Points in the direction of increasing x
Points in the direction of increasing y
Points in the direction of increasing z
Rectangular Coordinate System
r
f
z
P
x
z
y
VECTOR REPRESENTATION: UNIT VECTORS
Cylindrical Coordinate System
z
a
ˆ
f
a
ˆ
r
a
ˆ
The Unit Vectors imply :
z
a
ˆ
Points in the direction of increasing r
Points in the direction of increasing j
Points in the direction of increasing z
r
a
ˆ
f
a
ˆ
r z
f
q f
r
x y z
RECTANGULAR
Coordinate
Systems
CYLINDRICAL
Coordinate
Systems
SPHERICAL
Coordinate
Systems
NOTE THE ORDER!
r,f, z r,q ,f
Note: We do not emphasize transformations between coordinate systems
VECTOR REPRESENTATION: UNIT VECTORS
Summary
When you move a small amount in x -direction, the distance is dx
In a similar fashion, you generate dy and dz
Unit is in “meters”
Distance = r df
x
y
d f
r
Differential Distances:
( dr, rd f , dz )
Distance = r sinq df
x
y
d f
r sin q
Differential Distances:
( dr, rd q , r sin q d f )
r
f
P
x
z
y
q
dx
dy
Example:
x
y
2
6
3 7
AREA =
7
3
6
2
dy dx = 16
Note that: z = constant
In this course, area & surface integrals will be
on similar types of surfaces e.g. r =constant
or f = constant or q = constant et c….
Representation of differential surface element:
z
ds dx dy a
ˆ
Vector is NORMAL
to surface
Base
Vectors
A
1
r radial distance in x-y plane
Φ azimuth angle measured from the positive
x-axis
Z
0 r
0 2
z
Cylindrical Coordinates
ˆ
ˆ ˆ
,
ˆ ˆ
ˆ
,
ˆ
ˆ
ˆ
z r
z r
r z
r z
A a A rA A zA
ˆ
ˆ
ˆ ˆ
Back Pages 109-
( r, Φ, z)
Vector representation
2 2 2
r z
A A A A A A
Magnitude of A
Position vector A
Base vector properties
1 1
ˆ
ˆ
rr zz
Dot product:
r r z z
A B A B A B A B
f f
Cross product:
r z
r z
f
f
f
B
A
Back
Cylindrical Coordinates
Pages 109-