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noun
A branch of mathematics that investigates properties of figures through the coordinates of their points.
His System der analytischen Geometrie (1835; "System of Analytic Geometry") introduced the use of linear functions in place of the usual coordinate systems.
See analytic geometry and algebraic geometry.
These applications are based on three-dimensional analytic geometry.
Analytic geometry had its greatest impact on mathematics via calculus.
In geometry Cayley concentrated his attention on analytic geometry, for which he naturally employed invariant theory.
In analytic geometry, the points on a Cartesian grid are ordered pairs (x, y) of numbers.
Two tendencies in contemporary mathematics stimulated the rise of analytic geometry.
Independently of Descartes, Fermat discovered the fundamental principle of analytic geometry.
(Solutions in two and three dimensions are first covered in plane and solid analytic geometry, respectively).
Modern applied mathematics is largely based on an invention of his, analytic geometry, which uses algebra to solve practical problems about space and motion.
Analytic geometry allowed them to be stated as formulas involving coordinates (see coordinate systems) of points and measurements of angles.
