Coordinate system
System for determining the position of a point by a tuple of scalars
A coordinate system is a system of numbers used to uniquely determine the position of a point. For two-dimensional systems, the numbers (scalars) are in ordered pairs. More dimensions call for more numbers.
Related pagesEdit
- Analytic geometry
- Cartesian coordinate system
- Celestial coordinate system
- Polar coordinate system
- Spherical coordinate system
