Analytic Geometry (original) (raw)
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The study of the geometry of figures by algebraic representation and manipulation of equations describing their positions, configurations, and separations. Analytic geometry is also called coordinate geometry since the objects are described as 
-tuples of points (where 
in the plane and 3 in space) in some coordinate system.
See also
Argand Diagram, Cartesian Coordinates, Cartesian Geometry, Complex Plane, Geometry, Plane,Quadrant, Space, _x_-Axis,_y_-Axis, _z_-Axis
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References
Courant, R. and Robbins, H. "Remarks on Analytic Geometry." ยง2.3 in What Is Mathematics?: An Elementary Approach to Ideas and Methods, 2nd ed. Oxford, England: Oxford University Press, pp. 72-77, 1996.
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