Python – Changing coordinate systems in python

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I am working on a visual python program that is meant to model the orbit of an electron around the core of a Hydrogen atom. In order to avoid the singularity at r = 0 in the equation for coulomb force, I am modelling this scenario in semi-parabolic coordinates. My question then is how can I change from cartesian coordinates to semi-parabolic coordinates within python?

Best Answer

I'd start with a pair of functions that converts from one coordinate system to another:

rho, tau = fromCartesian(x, y)
x, y = fromParabolic(rho, tau)

I hope you have the formulas and won't have trouble implementing the functions.

Then you convert the coordinates where it's convenient. I suppose that you should read input values, convert to parabolic, do your calculations, convert back to Cartesian and output.

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