List of things named after René Descartes

This is the list of things named after René Descartes (1596–1650), a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist.

Computer science

 * Cartesian genetic programming
 * Cartesian tree

Mathematics

 * Cartesian closed category
 * Cartesian geometry
 * Cartesian coordinate system
 * Cartesian equations
 * Cartesian plane
 * Cartesian tensor
 * Cartesian monoid
 * Cartesian monoidal category
 * Cartesian closed category
 * Cartesian oval
 * Cartesian product
 * Cartesian product of graphs
 * Cartesian square
 * Cartesian morphisms
 * Descartes number
 * Descartes' rule of signs
 * Descartes snark
 * Descartes' theorem
 * Descartes' theorem on total angular defect
 * Folium of Descartes

Physics

 * Cartesian diver
 * Cartesian vortex theory
 * Snell–Descartes law

Philosophy

 * Cartesian anxiety
 * Cartesian circle
 * Cartesian doubt
 * Cartesian dualism
 * Cartesian materialism
 * Cartesian other
 * Cartesian theater
 * Cartesian Method
 * Descartes' demon

Robotics

 * Cartesian coordinate robot
 * Cartesian parallel manipulators

Other

 * Blanche Descartes
 * Cartesian linguistics
 * Cartesian Meditations
 * Cartesian Reflections
 * Descartes (crater)
 * Descartes-class cruiser
 * Descartes' Error
 * Descartes-Huygens Prize
 * Descartes Island (Antarctica)
 * Descartes on Polyhedra
 * Descartes Prize
 * Lycée René Descartes (Champs-sur-Marne)