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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Building on our [[User:Tohline/Appendix/Ramblings/DirectionCosines|general introduction to ''Direction Cosines'']] in the context of orthogonal curvilinear coordinate systems, and on our previous development of [[User:Tohline/Appendix/Ramblings/T3Integrals|T3]] (concentric oblate-spheroidal) and [[User:Tohline/Appendix/Ramblings/EllipticCylinderCoordinates#T5_Coordinates|T5]] (concentric elliptic) coordinate systems, here we explore the creation of a concentric ellipsoidal (T6) coordinate system. This is motivated by our [[User:Tohline/ThreeDimensionalConfigurations/Challenges#Trial_.232|desire to construct a fully analytically prescribable model of a nonuniform-density ellipsoidal configuration that is an analog to Riemann S-Type ellipsoids]]. | Building on our [[User:Tohline/Appendix/Ramblings/DirectionCosines|general introduction to ''Direction Cosines'']] in the context of orthogonal curvilinear coordinate systems, and on our previous development of [[User:Tohline/Appendix/Ramblings/T3Integrals|T3]] (concentric oblate-spheroidal) and [[User:Tohline/Appendix/Ramblings/EllipticCylinderCoordinates#T5_Coordinates|T5]] (concentric elliptic) coordinate systems, here we explore the creation of a concentric ellipsoidal (T6) coordinate system. This is motivated by our [[User:Tohline/ThreeDimensionalConfigurations/Challenges#Trial_.232|desire to construct a fully analytically prescribable model of a nonuniform-density ellipsoidal configuration that is an analog to Riemann S-Type ellipsoids]]. | ||
==Orthogonal Coordinates== | |||
We start by defining a "radial" coordinate whose values identify various concentric ellipsoidal shells, | |||
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<math>~\lambda_1</math> | |||
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<math>~\equiv</math> | |||
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<math>~(x^2 + q^2 y^2 + p^2 z^2)^{1 / 2} \, .</math> | |||
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</table> | |||
When <math>~\lambda_1 = a</math>, we obtain the standard definition of an ellipsoidal surface, it being understood that, <math>~q^2 = a^2/b^2</math> and <math>~p^2 = a^2/c^2</math>. (We will assume that <math>~a > b > c</math>, that is, <math>~p^2 > q^2 > 1</math>.) | |||
=See Also= | =See Also= | ||
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Concentric Ellipsoidal (T6) Coordinates
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Background
Building on our general introduction to Direction Cosines in the context of orthogonal curvilinear coordinate systems, and on our previous development of T3 (concentric oblate-spheroidal) and T5 (concentric elliptic) coordinate systems, here we explore the creation of a concentric ellipsoidal (T6) coordinate system. This is motivated by our desire to construct a fully analytically prescribable model of a nonuniform-density ellipsoidal configuration that is an analog to Riemann S-Type ellipsoids.
Orthogonal Coordinates
We start by defining a "radial" coordinate whose values identify various concentric ellipsoidal shells,
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<math>~\lambda_1</math> |
<math>~\equiv</math> |
<math>~(x^2 + q^2 y^2 + p^2 z^2)^{1 / 2} \, .</math> |
When <math>~\lambda_1 = a</math>, we obtain the standard definition of an ellipsoidal surface, it being understood that, <math>~q^2 = a^2/b^2</math> and <math>~p^2 = a^2/c^2</math>. (We will assume that <math>~a > b > c</math>, that is, <math>~p^2 > q^2 > 1</math>.)
See Also
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