analytic geometry

Definitions

The subbranch of geometry that investigates geometrical figures via the mathematical properties of their representations in a coordinate system.

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“Having thus noted the distinction between Analytic Geometry and Geometry, let⟳ us note⟳ in what way it differs from Algebra.”

“1921, Claude Irwin Palmer, William Charles Krathwohl, Analytic Geometry, McGraw-Hill, page 261, In plane analytic geometry, all the points and lines are confined to one plane.”

“2018, Peter Kuhfittig, Technical Calculus with Analytic Geometry, 5th Edition, Cengage Learning (BROOKS/COLE), page 1, Analytic geometry may be defined as the study⟳ of classical geometry by means of algebra.”

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