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Wrapping a long equation in exercises

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In a similar fashion it can be shown that for spherical coordinates,
the Laplace operator acting on a function $\psi({\bf r})$ becomes:
$$\nabla^2 \psi (r,\vartheta,\varphi) =
\frac{1}{r^2} \frac{\partial}{\partial r^2} \left( r^2 \frac{\partial \psi(r,\vartheta,\varphi)}{\partial r} \right) + \frac{1}{r^2\sin^2\vartheta} \frac{\partial^2 \psi(r,\vartheta, \varphi)}{\partial \varphi^2} + \frac{1}{r^2\sin\vartheta}
\frac{\partial}{\partial \vartheta}\left( \sin\vartheta \frac{\partial\psi(r,\vartheta, \varphi)}{\partial \vartheta}\right).$$
\begin{align} \nabla^2 \psi (r,\vartheta,\varphi) &=
\frac{1}{r^2} \frac{\partial}{\partial r^2} \left( r^2 \frac{\partial \psi(r,\vartheta,\varphi)}{\partial r} \right) \\ &+ \frac{1}{r^2\sin^2\vartheta} \frac{\partial^2 \psi(r,\vartheta, \varphi)}{\partial \varphi^2} \\ &+ \frac{1}{r^2\sin\vartheta}
\frac{\partial}{\partial \vartheta}\left( \sin\vartheta \frac{\partial\psi(r,\vartheta, \varphi)}{\partial \vartheta}\right).\end{align}
This is however even more tedious (you do not have to show this).
6. [:grinning:] *Integration and coordinates I*
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