-- Polar Laplacian in 2D using function symbol declare symbol r, θ : MathExpr def f := function (r, θ) def x : Vector MathExpr := [| r, θ |] def X : Vector MathExpr := [| r * cos θ, r * sin θ |] -- Local basis def e_i_j : Matrix MathExpr := ∂/∂ X_j x~i -- Metric tensor def g_i_j : Matrix MathExpr := generateTensor (\[a, b] -> V.* e_a e_b) [2, 2] def g~i~j : Matrix MathExpr := M.inverse g_#_# assertEqual "Metric tensor" g_#_# [| [| 1, 0 |], [| 0, r^2 |] |]_#_# -- Christoffel symbols def Γ_i_j_k : Tensor MathExpr := withSymbols [j, k, l] (1 / 2) * (∂/∂ g_j_l x~k + ∂/∂ g_j_k x~l - ∂/∂ g_k_l x~j) def Γ~i_j_k : Tensor MathExpr := withSymbols [i, j, k, l] g~i~j . Γ_j_k_l -- Laplacian via Christoffel symbols def Laplacian : MathExpr := withSymbols [i, j, k] g~i~j . ∂/∂ (∂/∂ f x~j) x~i - g~i~j . Γ~k_i_j . ∂/∂ f x~k assertEqual "Laplacian in polar coordinates" Laplacian (∂/∂ (∂/∂ f r) r + ∂/∂ f r / r + ∂/∂ (∂/∂ f θ) θ / r^2)