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Skew Coordinate System

A skew coordinate system is a system of curvilinear coordinates in which each family of surfaces intersects the others at angles other than right angles.

Skew coordinate systems do not allow separation of variables and so are not commonly encountered (e.g., Moon and Spencer 1998, p. 1).

See also

Curvilinear Coordinates, Orthogonal Coordinate System

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References

Moon, P. and Spencer, D. E. Field Theory Handbook, Including Coordinate Systems, Differential Equations, and Their Solutions, 2nd ed. New York: Springer-Verlag, p. 1, 1988.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Skew Coordinate System." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/SkewCoordinateSystem.html

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