Hello
I was browsing the sources for the vect and vector packages. The
vector package has a warning (from 1978, no less!) saying that it
*might* be broken. The vect package states that it will soon be
replaced (again, in another notice from 1978). What's going to happen
to those packages? Which one is "current"?
Both vect and vector are underdocumentated. The intent of those
packages (AFAIK) is to implement the vector operators (grad, div,
curl, laplacian). The documentation should be improved for these
packages (or, for the package that should be used). How do I help
improve it?
Vector seems to handle the operators in multiple coordinate systems
(coordsystem). Vect has a function that probably has something to do
with that, but I cannot understand it (scalefactor).
I want to work with the operators in, for example, cylindrical
coordinates. Should I use vector, despite its warning? Should I use
vect's scalefactor? How does it work?
Thanks,
Ismael