lstein.utils.cart2polar

lstein.utils.cart2polar(x: float, y: float) → Tuple[float, float]

converts cartesian coordinates to polar coordinates

• function to convert cartesian coordinates into polar coordinates

Parameters

• x

  • float

  • cartesian x-coordinate

• y

  • float

  • cartesian y-coordinate

Raises

Returns

• r

  • float

  • radius

• theta

  • float

  • azimuthal angle

Dependencies

• numpy

• typing