Please help me understand where I went wrong in my conversion from Cartesian to polar coordinates

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Homework Statement
I need to convert z component of angular momentum operator (in quantum mechanics) Lz from cartesian to polar coordinates
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L_z = -i \hbar \frac{\partial}{\partial \phi}
I have done this:
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I can't clearly understand where I went wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
 
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I would start from \begin{split}<br /> \frac{\partial}{\partial \rho} &amp;= \frac{\partial x}{\partial \rho}\frac{\partial}{\partial x} + \frac{\partial y}{\partial \rho}\frac{\partial}{\partial y} \\<br /> &amp;= \cos \phi \frac{\partial }{\partial x} + \sin \phi \frac{\partial}{\partial y} \\<br /> \frac{\partial}{\partial \phi} &amp;= \frac{\partial x}{\partial \phi}\frac{\partial}{\partial x} + \frac{\partial y}{\partial \phi}\frac{\partial}{\partial y} \\<br /> &amp;= -\rho \sin \phi \frac{\partial}{\partial x} + \rho \cos \phi \frac{\partial}{\partial y}<br /> \end{split} and solve for \frac{\partial}{\partial \phi} in terms of \frac{\partial}{\partial x} and \frac{\partial}{\partial y}.
 
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pasmith said:
I would start from \begin{split}<br /> \frac{\partial}{\partial \rho} &amp;= \frac{\partial x}{\partial \rho}\frac{\partial}{\partial x} + \frac{\partial y}{\partial \rho}\frac{\partial}{\partial y} \\<br /> &amp;= \cos \phi \frac{\partial }{\partial x} + \sin \phi \frac{\partial}{\partial y} \\<br /> \frac{\partial}{\partial \phi} &amp;= \frac{\partial x}{\partial \phi}\frac{\partial}{\partial x} + \frac{\partial y}{\partial \phi}\frac{\partial}{\partial y} \\<br /> &amp;= -\rho \sin \phi \frac{\partial}{\partial x} + \rho \cos \phi \frac{\partial}{\partial y}<br /> \end{split} and solve for \frac{\partial}{\partial \phi} in terms of \frac{\partial}{\partial x} and \frac{\partial}{\partial y}.
Thanks for help. But I wanted to know where I went wrong. Seems like (I) and (ii) is wrong. But I can't understand why.
 
shp said:
I can't clearly understand where I went wrong. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
A partial derivative with respect to rho must also be included into equations.
 
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