Triple Integrals in Cylindrical and Spherical Coordinates

Ref. Textbook: Calculus (10th ed.) by Anton, Bivens and Davis

The Cylindrical Coordinate System (𝒓, 𝜽, 𝒛): In the cylindrical coordinate system, a point in space
is represented by the ordered triple (𝑟, 𝜃, 𝑧), where
• (𝑟, 𝜃) are the polar coordinates of the point’s projection in the 𝑥𝑦-plane
• 𝑧 is the usual 𝑧-coordinate in the Cartesian coordinate system

𝑧
Cartesian (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) ⟶ Cylindrical (𝑟, 𝜃, 𝑧)
𝑟= 𝑥2 + 𝑦2
𝑃 𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧 𝑦
𝜃 = tan−1
𝑃(𝑟, 𝜃, 𝑧) 𝑥
𝑧=𝑧
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𝑧 Cylindrical (𝑟, 𝜃, 𝑧) ⟶ Cartesian (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧)

𝑦 𝑥 = 𝑟 cos 𝜃
𝜃 𝑟 𝑦 = 𝑟 sin 𝜃
𝑧=𝑧

𝑥
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𝑑𝑉 = 𝑑𝑧𝑑𝑦𝑑𝑥 = 𝑟𝑑𝑧𝑑𝑟𝑑𝜃
𝑑𝑧𝑑𝑦𝑑𝑥
=𝑟
𝑑𝑧𝑑𝑟𝑑𝜃

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 𝑧
Cartesian (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧) ⟶ Spherical (𝜌, 𝜃, 𝜙)

𝜌= 𝑥2 + 𝑦2 + 𝑧2
𝑦
𝜌 𝜃 = tan −1
𝜙 𝑥
𝑧
𝜙 = cos −1
𝑦 𝑥2 + 𝑦2 + 𝑧2
𝜃 𝑟
Spherical (𝜌, 𝜃, 𝜙) ⟶ Cartesian (𝑥, 𝑦, 𝑧)

𝑥 = 𝜌 sin 𝜙 cos 𝜃
𝑥 𝑦 = 𝜌 sin 𝜙 sin 𝜃
𝑧 = 𝜌 cos 𝜙
𝑟 = 𝜌 sin 𝜙

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Ref. Textbook: Calculus (10th ed.) by Anton, Bivens and Davis
H.W. Exercise Set 14.6

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