mairzydoats Messages 40 Reaction score 3 Thread starter Jul 24, 2021 #1 Are cartesian coordinates the only coordinates with a holonomic basis that's orthonormal everywhere?
martinbn Science Advisor Messages 4,489 Reaction score 2,521 Jul 27, 2021 #2 How do you define cartesian coordinates?
WWGD Science Advisor Homework Helper Messages 7,887 Reaction score 13,197 Jul 30, 2021 #3 martinbn said: How do you define cartesian coordinates? I would assume rectangular coordinates with basis ##e_i = \delta _i^j##
martinbn said: How do you define cartesian coordinates? I would assume rectangular coordinates with basis ##e_i = \delta _i^j##