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'''Coordinate geometry''' is an approach to [[geometry]] based on the notion of a ''coordinate system''.  The idea of coordinate geometry is often credited to [[Rene Descartes]], and the most commonly used coordinate system is often refered to as a ''Cartesian coordinate system'', as a result.
 
'''Coordinate geometry''' is an approach to [[geometry]] based on the notion of a ''coordinate system''.  The idea of coordinate geometry is often credited to [[Rene Descartes]], and the most commonly used coordinate system is often refered to as a ''Cartesian coordinate system'', as a result.
  
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* [[Trigonometry]]
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* [[Complex numbers]]
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* [[Analytic geometry]]
  
 
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Revision as of 19:36, 16 January 2007

Coordinate geometry is an approach to geometry based on the notion of a coordinate system. The idea of coordinate geometry is often credited to Rene Descartes, and the most commonly used coordinate system is often refered to as a Cartesian coordinate system, as a result.


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