rené descartes came up with the cartesian coordinate system.
rené descartes came up with the cartesian coordinate system.
who came up with the cartesian coordinate system?
rené descartes
cartesian









































cartesian means of or relating to the french philosopher rené descartes—from his latinized name "cartesius". it may refer to:









































section::::mathematics.









































bullet::::- cartesian closed category, a closed category in category theory









































bullet::::- cartesian coordinate system, modern rectangular coordinate system









































bullet::::- cartesian diagram, a construction in category theory









































bullet::::- cartesian geometry, now more commonly called analytic geometry









































bullet::::- cartesian morphism, formalisation of "pull-back" operation in category theory









































bullet::::- cartesian oval, a curve









































bullet::::- cartesian product, a direct product of two sets









































bullet::::- cartesian product of graphs, a binary operation on graphs









































bullet::::- cartesian tree, a binary tree in computer science









































section::::philosophy.
cartesian
in two dimensions, if one of the coordinates in a point coordinate system is held constant and the other coordinate is allowed to vary, then the resulting curve is called a coordinate curve. in the cartesian coordinate system the coordinate curves are, in fact, straight lines, thus coordinate lines. specifically, they are the lines parallel to one of the coordinate axes. for other coordinate systems the coordinates curves may be general curves. for example, the coordinate curves in polar coordinates obtained by holding "r" constant are the circles with center at the origin. coordinates systems for euclidean space other than the cartesian coordinate system are called curvilinear coordinate systems. this procedure does not always make sense, for example there are no coordinate curves in a homogeneous coordinate system.
coordinate system