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<h3 class="section">17.8 Coordinate Transformations</h3>
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<dt><a name="index-cart2pol"></a>Function File: <em>[<var>theta</var>, <var>r</var>] =</em> <strong>cart2pol</strong> <em>(<var>x</var>, <var>y</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-cart2pol-1"></a>Function File: <em>[<var>theta</var>, <var>r</var>, <var>z</var>] =</em> <strong>cart2pol</strong> <em>(<var>x</var>, <var>y</var>, <var>z</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-cart2pol-2"></a>Function File: <em>[<var>theta</var>, <var>r</var>] =</em> <strong>cart2pol</strong> <em>(<var>C</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-cart2pol-3"></a>Function File: <em>[<var>theta</var>, <var>r</var>, <var>z</var>] =</em> <strong>cart2pol</strong> <em>(<var>C</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-cart2pol-4"></a>Function File: <em><var>P</var> =</em> <strong>cart2pol</strong> <em>(…)</em></dt>
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<p>Transform Cartesian to polar or cylindrical coordinates.
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<p><var>theta</var> describes the angle relative to the positive x-axis.
<var>r</var> is the distance to the z-axis (0, 0, z)<!-- /@w -->.
<var>x</var>, <var>y</var> (, and <var>z</var>) must be the same shape, or scalar.
If called with a single matrix argument then each row of <var>C</var>
represents the Cartesian coordinate (<var>x</var>, <var>y</var> (, <var>z</var>)).
</p>
<p>If only a single return argument is requested then return a matrix
<var>P</var> where each row represents one polar/(cylindrical) coordinate
(<var>theta</var>, <var>phi</var> (, <var>z</var>)).
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<p><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="#XREFpol2cart">pol2cart</a>, <a href="#XREFcart2sph">cart2sph</a>, <a href="#XREFsph2cart">sph2cart</a>.
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<dt><a name="index-pol2cart"></a>Function File: <em>[<var>x</var>, <var>y</var>] =</em> <strong>pol2cart</strong> <em>(<var>theta</var>, <var>r</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-pol2cart-1"></a>Function File: <em>[<var>x</var>, <var>y</var>, <var>z</var>] =</em> <strong>pol2cart</strong> <em>(<var>theta</var>, <var>r</var>, <var>z</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-pol2cart-2"></a>Function File: <em>[<var>x</var>, <var>y</var>] =</em> <strong>pol2cart</strong> <em>(<var>P</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-pol2cart-3"></a>Function File: <em>[<var>x</var>, <var>y</var>, <var>z</var>] =</em> <strong>pol2cart</strong> <em>(<var>P</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-pol2cart-4"></a>Function File: <em><var>C</var> =</em> <strong>pol2cart</strong> <em>(…)</em></dt>
<dd><p>Transform polar or cylindrical to Cartesian coordinates.
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<p><var>theta</var>, <var>r</var>, (and <var>z</var>) must be the same shape, or scalar.
<var>theta</var> describes the angle relative to the positive x-axis.
<var>r</var> is the distance to the z-axis (0, 0, z).
If called with a single matrix argument then each row of <var>P</var>
represents the polar/(cylindrical) coordinate (<var>theta</var>, <var>r</var> (,
<var>z</var>)).
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<p>If only a single return argument is requested then return a matrix
<var>C</var> where each row represents one Cartesian coordinate
(<var>x</var>, <var>y</var> (, <var>z</var>)).
</p>
<p><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="#XREFcart2pol">cart2pol</a>, <a href="#XREFsph2cart">sph2cart</a>, <a href="#XREFcart2sph">cart2sph</a>.
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<dt><a name="index-cart2sph"></a>Function File: <em>[<var>theta</var>, <var>phi</var>, <var>r</var>] =</em> <strong>cart2sph</strong> <em>(<var>x</var>, <var>y</var>, <var>z</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-cart2sph-1"></a>Function File: <em>[<var>theta</var>, <var>phi</var>, <var>r</var>] =</em> <strong>cart2sph</strong> <em>(<var>C</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-cart2sph-2"></a>Function File: <em><var>S</var> =</em> <strong>cart2sph</strong> <em>(…)</em></dt>
<dd><p>Transform Cartesian to spherical coordinates.
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<p><var>theta</var> describes the angle relative to the positive x-axis.
<var>phi</var> is the angle relative to the xy-plane.
<var>r</var> is the distance to the origin (0, 0, 0)<!-- /@w -->.
<var>x</var>, <var>y</var>, and <var>z</var> must be the same shape, or scalar.
If called with a single matrix argument then each row of <var>C</var>
represents the Cartesian coordinate (<var>x</var>, <var>y</var>, <var>z</var>).
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<p>If only a single return argument is requested then return a matrix
<var>S</var> where each row represents one spherical coordinate
(<var>theta</var>, <var>phi</var>, <var>r</var>).
</p>
<p><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="#XREFsph2cart">sph2cart</a>, <a href="#XREFcart2pol">cart2pol</a>, <a href="#XREFpol2cart">pol2cart</a>.
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<dt><a name="index-sph2cart"></a>Function File: <em>[<var>x</var>, <var>y</var>, <var>z</var>] =</em> <strong>sph2cart</strong> <em>(<var>theta</var>, <var>phi</var>, <var>r</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-sph2cart-1"></a>Function File: <em>[<var>x</var>, <var>y</var>, <var>z</var>] =</em> <strong>sph2cart</strong> <em>(<var>S</var>)</em></dt>
<dt><a name="index-sph2cart-2"></a>Function File: <em><var>C</var> =</em> <strong>sph2cart</strong> <em>(…)</em></dt>
<dd><p>Transform spherical to Cartesian coordinates.
</p>
<p><var>theta</var> describes the angle relative to the positive x-axis.
<var>phi</var> is the angle relative to the xy-plane.
<var>r</var> is the distance to the origin (0, 0, 0)<!-- /@w -->.
<var>theta</var>, <var>phi</var>, and <var>r</var> must be the same shape, or scalar.
If called with a single matrix argument then each row of <var>S</var>
represents the spherical coordinate (<var>theta</var>, <var>phi</var>, <var>r</var>).
</p>
<p>If only a single return argument is requested then return a matrix
<var>C</var> where each row represents one Cartesian coordinate
(<var>x</var>, <var>y</var>, <var>z</var>).
</p>
<p><strong>See also:</strong> <a href="#XREFcart2sph">cart2sph</a>, <a href="#XREFpol2cart">pol2cart</a>, <a href="#XREFcart2pol">cart2pol</a>.
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