A similar situation occurs with triple integrals, but here we need to distinguish between cylindrical symmetry and spherical symmetry. 5.5.2 Evaluate a triple integral by changing to spherical coordinates.Įarlier in this chapter we showed how to convert a double integral in rectangular coordinates into a double integral in polar coordinates in order to deal more conveniently with problems involving circular symmetry.5.5.1 Evaluate a triple integral by changing to cylindrical coordinates.
