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% Jacobian for converting from spherical to cartesian coordinates Computes the Jacobian for converting from spherical to cartesian coordinates. Spherical coordinates are defined as [r,theta,phi] where phi is the angle from the +z axis and theta is the angle from +x in the xy-plane. x = r*cos(theta)*sin(phi) y = r*sin(theta)*sin(phi) z = r*cos(phi) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Form: jC = JSp2Cart( s ) -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------ Inputs ------ s (3,1) Spherical coordinates [r,theta,phi] ------- Outputs ------- jC (3,3) Jacobian from spherical to cartesian [ �x/�r �x/�theta �x/�phi ] [ �y/�r �y/�theta �y/�phi ] [ �z/�r �z/�theta �z/�phi ] --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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