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Suppose we have a portion of a flat plane, a map say. Points in the plane are given by two real numbers called coordinates. Consider the pirate’s instruction for where the treasure is buried.
Cogito ergo sum Descartes
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Fenn, R. (2001). Coordinate Geometry. In: Geometry. Springer Undergraduate Mathematics Series. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-0325-7_2
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