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We discuss computational aspects of the spectral problem for the curl of a vector field that allow one to find tangent fields to coordinate surfaces of a given curvilinear coordinate system.
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Dedicated to Academician S. M. Nikol’skii
Translated from Itogi Nauki i Tekhniki, Seriya Sovremennaya Matematika i Ee Prilozheniya. Tematicheskie Obzory, Vol. 140, Differential Equations. Mathematical Physics, 2017.
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Islamov, G.G. Spectral Problem for the Curl of a Vector Field in a Nonorthogonal Coordinate System. J Math Sci 241, 430–447 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10958-019-04435-2
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Keywords and phrases
- force-free field
- curl
- spectral problem
- local nonorthogonal coordinate system
- transition matrix
- biorthogonal basis
- tangent field
- coordinate surface