Scale Factor
For a diagonal Metric Tensor 
, where 
is the Kronecker Delta, the scalefactor is defined by
 | (1) |
 |  |  | (2) |
|  | (3) |
The scale factor appears in vector derivatives of coordinates in Curvilinear Coordinates.See also Curvilinear Coordinates, Fundamental Forms, Line Element
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