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This chapter revises Cartesian coordinates, axial systems, the distance between two points in space, and the area of simple 2D shapes. It also covers polar, spherical polar and cylindrical coordinate systems.
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Vince, J. (2014). Coordinate Systems. In: Mathematics for Computer Graphics. Undergraduate Topics in Computer Science. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6290-2_5
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