Laplacian in Polar Coordinates
July 9 2016
Verify Laplace's Equation in Polar Coordinates
We verify the following equation is correct by expanding `u_(r r)`, `u_r`, and `u_(theta theta)` in the right side of the equation.
`u_(x x) + u_(y y) = u_(r r) + (1 / r) u_r + (1 / r^2) u_(theta theta)`Derive Laplace's Equation in Polar Coordinates
Laplacian for general coordinates is defined with covariant derivative in Riemann geometry.
`Delta = g^(i j) grad_i grad_j`This formula is transformed as follow.
`Delta = (1 / sqrt(g)) del_i sqrt(g) g^(i j) del_j`In the following program, we calculate Laplacian using this formula.