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The reader probably has experience in using polar coordinates on the 2D plane, or spherical coordinates in the 3D space. Below, we consider a general treatment of curvilinear coordinate systems, which include these and many other examples.
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Shapiro, I.L. (2019). Curvilinear Coordinates, Local Coordinate Transformations. In: A Primer in Tensor Analysis and Relativity. Undergraduate Lecture Notes in Physics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26895-4_4
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