Editing Descartes
You are currently not logged in.
To change this, fill in the following fields:
Username
Password
Who can read this page?
The World
Members
Council
Admin
You have been granted an edit lock on this page
until Thu Apr 25 14:59:09 2024.
Press
to finish editing.
Who can edit this page?
World editing disabled
Members
Council
Admin
[[[> IMG:Descartes.jpeg ]]] René Descartes 1596 - 1650 In Mathematics, Descartes chief contribution was in analytical geometry. Descartes saw that a point in a plane could be completely determined if its distances (conventionally 'x' and 'y') were given from two fixed lines drawn at right angles in the plane, with the now-familiar convention of interpreting positive and negative values. Conventionally, such co-ordinates are referred to as "The Rectangular Cartesian Co-ordinate System". (see coordinate systems). Descartes asserted that, similarly, a point in 3-dimensional space could be determined by three co-ordinates. “It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well”. René Descartes 1637 ---- One of the famous people on this site