Transform from Magnitude of P to R

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The discussion focuses on transforming momentum to position in spherical coordinates. Thinker301 suggests converting to Cartesian coordinates first before proceeding to spherical coordinates. Bill highlights that the integral involved in this transformation is not solvable, noting that the function in question is spherically symmetric, which is a critical detail for the transformation process.

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Hi everyone!

How do I transform Momentum to Position in spherical coordinates?Thinker301
 
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Transform to Cartesian coordinates then to spherical.

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Bill
 
Sadly that integral is undoable. I may have forgot to mention the function I am trying to transform is spherically symmetric. If that helps.
 

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