aspcol.utilities.cart2pol

aspcol.utilities.cart2pol(x, y)

Transforms the provided cartesian coordinates to polar coordinates

Parameters:
  • x (float or ndarray of shape (num_points,)) – x coordinate

  • y (float or ndarray of shape (num_points,)) – y coordinate

Returns:

  • r (float or ndarray of shape (num_points,)) – radius

  • angle (float or ndarray of shape (num_points,)) – angle in radians. 0 is the x-direction, pi/2 is the y-direction