Coordinate systems/Derivation of formulas/Cylindrical from Cartesian unit vectors

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From Wolfram Mathworld[1], we see the following relations:

ρ^=cosϕ𝐱^+sinϕ𝐲^ϕ^=sinϕ𝐱^+cosϕ𝐲^𝐳^=𝐳^

Additionally, it has already been shown on the same page[1] that:

ρ=x2+y2x=ρcosϕy=ρsinϕ

Now, we simply need to combine these relations together to obtain:

cosϕ=xx2+y2sinϕ=yx2+y2

And hence:

ρ^=xx2+y2𝐱^+yx2+y2𝐲^=x𝐱^+y𝐲^x2+y2ϕ^=yx2+y2𝐱^+xx2+y2𝐲^=y𝐱^+x𝐲^x2+y2𝐳^=𝐳^

As was to be demonstrated.

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