Talk:Analytic geometry/Archive 1

Comment
This article previously ended with the half-sentence: An example of a line represented in algebra in a cartesian  If you know a little something about analytic geometry, please complete this sentence and put it back. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Brion VIBBER (talk • contribs) 08:57, 27 March 2002 (UTC)

Calculus line misplaced
I removed the line:


 * Calculus had been originally invented by Madhava of Sangamagrama and his Kerala school in 14th century India, and was later re-introduced by Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, independently of each other.

Not only is this incorrect, but it has nothing to do with analytic geometry. Grokmoo 20:12, 28 October 2005 (UTC)

Notation
Why is the notation "A(0,0), B(a,0), C(b,e), D(c,f), and E(d,g)" used in the example? To me this looks like a multiplication or a function. Using "A=(0,0), B=(a,0)", etc. seems much more natural. Twanvl (talk) 22:33, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Is there an echo in here?
It seems to me the Algebraic geometry section is largely a direct copy of the history section. Needs fixing. I don't know which parts should rightly belong where, or I would fix it myself. -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. (talk) 05:27, 18 March 2009 (UTC)

The centroid of a triangle via analytic geometry
Hello, maybe it could be an example of how some geometry problems are easier to solve with analytic geometry? Also it's a core concept in many areas, I think would be interesting. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.107.33.121 (talk) 00:58, 17 February 2011 (UTC)