Ellipsoidal coordinates: applications from geodesy

Nazari, Borzoo; Nazari Doliskani, Zeinab

doi:10.30511/ttmp.2025.2077138.1068

Ellipsoidal coordinates: applications from geodesy

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

Borzoo Nazari ¹

Zeinab Nazari Doliskani ²

¹ College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

² Ministry of Education, General Directorate of Education of Kermanshah, Iran

10.30511/ttmp.2025.2077138.1068

Abstract

In the matter of exact solutions of Einstein's field equations, coordinates play a very decisive role. Sometimes it is very difficult to understand the physical concept of a phenomenon or physical quantity in one coordinate system, while by changing the coordinate system, a simpler understanding of that quantity is obtained. In geodesy, which deals with the simulation and modeling of the gravitational field, it is common to use elliptical coordinates. In this article, we attempt to explain some computational fundamentals in elliptical coordinates and discuss its possible application to gravity.

Keywords

Ellipsoidal coordinates

Geodesy

Mathematical physics

Subjects

Classical and Quantum gravity and String Theory

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