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In this chapter we revise 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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Merzbach UC, Boyer CB (2011) A history of mathematics. ISBN: 978-0470525487
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Vince, J. (2020). Coordinate Systems. In: Foundation Mathematics for Computer Science. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-42078-9_9
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