Question

Cylindrical systems have the following scalar values respectively

(a) 1, ρ ,1

(b) 1, 1, 1

(c) 0,1,0

(d) 1,0,0

I got this question by my college professor while I was bunking the class.

This question is from Cylindrical Coordinate System in portion Coordinate Systems and Transforms of Electromagnetic Theory

Answer 1

Right answer is (a) 1, ρ ,1

For explanation: The range of radius is one to unity, that of plane angle is one to 360 degree and that of z plane is one to infinity. Thus the minimum scalar factor has to be 1, ρ , 1.