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  2. Cartesian coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    In a two-dimensional cartesian plane, identify the point with coordinates (x, y) with the complex number z = x + iy. Here, i is the imaginary unit and is identified with the point with coordinates (0, 1), so it is not the unit vector in the direction of the x-axis. Since the complex numbers can be multiplied giving another complex number, this ...

  3. Coordinate system - Wikipedia

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    A point in the plane may be represented in homogeneous coordinates by a triple (x, y, z) where x/z and y/z are the Cartesian coordinates of the point. [10] This introduces an "extra" coordinate since only two are needed to specify a point on the plane, but this system is useful in that it represents any point on the projective plane without the ...

  4. Rotation of axes in two dimensions - Wikipedia

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    A point P has coordinates (x, y) with respect to the original system and coordinates (x′, y′) with respect to the new system. [1] In the new coordinate system, the point P will appear to have been rotated in the opposite direction, that is, clockwise through the angle . A rotation of axes in more than two dimensions is defined similarly.

  5. Abscissa and ordinate - Wikipedia

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    Cartesian plane with marked points (signed ordered pairs of coordinates). For any point, the abscissa is the first value (x coordinate), and the ordinate is the second value (y coordinate). In mathematics , the abscissa ( / æ b ˈ s ɪ s . ə / ; plural abscissae or abscissas ) and the ordinate are respectively the first and second coordinate ...

  6. Point plotting - Wikipedia

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    Using point plotting, one associates an ordered pair of real numbers (x, y) with a point in the plane in a one-to-one manner. As a result, one obtains the 2-dimensional Cartesian coordinate system . To be able to plot points, one needs to first decide on a point in plane which will be called the origin , and a couple of perpendicular lines ...

  7. Graph of a function - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the graph of a function is the set of ordered pairs (,), where () =. In the common case where x {\displaystyle x} and f ( x ) {\displaystyle f(x)} are real numbers , these pairs are Cartesian coordinates of points in a plane and often form a curve .

  8. Euclidean plane - Wikipedia

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    In graph theory, a planar graph is a graph that can be embedded in the plane, i.e., it can be drawn on the plane in such a way that its edges intersect only at their endpoints. In other words, it can be drawn in such a way that no edges cross each other. [9] Such a drawing is called a plane graph or planar embedding of the graph.

  9. Origin (mathematics) - Wikipedia

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    In a Cartesian coordinate system, the origin is the point where the axes of the system intersect. [1] The origin divides each of these axes into two halves, a positive and a negative semiaxis. [ 2 ] Points can then be located with reference to the origin by giving their numerical coordinates —that is, the positions of their projections along ...