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A system of skew coordinates is a curvilinear〔()〕 coordinate system where the coordinate surfaces are not orthogonal,〔(Skew Coordinate System ) at Mathworld〕 in contrast to orthogonal coordinates. Skew coordinates tend to be more complicated to work with compared to orthogonal coordinates since the metric tensor will have nonzero off-diagonal components, preventing many drastic simplifications in formulas for tensor algebra and tensor calculus. The nonzero off-diagonal components of the metric tensor are a direct result of the non-orthogonality of the basis vectors of the coordinates, since by definition:〔 〕 : where is the metric tensor and the (covariant) basis vectors. These coordinate systems can be useful if the geometry of a problem fits well into a skewed system. For example, solving Laplace's equation in a parallelogram will be easiest when done in appropriately skewed coordinates. ==Cartesian coordinates with one skewed axis== The simplest 3D case of a skew coordinate system is a Cartesian one where one of the axes (say the ''x'' axis) has been bent by some angle , staying orthogonal to one of the remaining two axes. For this example, the ''x'' axis of a Cartesian coordinate has been bent toward the ''z'' axis by , remaining orthogonal to the ''y'' axis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Skew coordinates」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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