Timeline for Finding the divergence in spherical co-ordinates using the metric tensor
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| May 1, 2018 at 20:59 | answer | added | saad | timeline score: 2 | |
| May 1, 2018 at 20:56 | comment | added | saad | Thank you. I've understood now that the $v_{i}$ need to be divided by the corresponding scale factors $h_{i}$, if we are to work in an orthonormal basis. | |
| May 1, 2018 at 20:42 | history | edited | Qmechanic♦ |
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| May 1, 2018 at 20:20 | comment | added | ZachMcDargh | You're probably right about where you went wrong. Consider what the components $v_\theta$ and $v_\phi$ refer to, and how they depend on your choice of basis vectors. Remember that your metric tensor implies a certain choice for how your basis vectors are normalized. | |
| May 1, 2018 at 20:12 | history | asked | saad | CC BY-SA 3.0 |