Cartesian means of or relating to the French philosopher
René Descartes—from his Latinized name ''Cartesius''. It may refer to:
Mathematics
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Cartesian closed category, a closed category in category theory
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Cartesian coordinate system
A Cartesian coordinate system (, ) in a plane is a coordinate system that specifies each point uniquely by a pair of numerical coordinates, which are the signed distances to the point from two fixed perpendicular oriented lines, measured in t ...
, modern rectangular coordinate system
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Cartesian diagram
In category theory, a branch of mathematics, a pullback (also called a fiber product, fibre product, fibered product or Cartesian square) is the limit of a diagram consisting of two morphisms and with a common codomain. The pullback is often w ...
, a construction in category theory
*Cartesian geometry, now more commonly called
analytic geometry
In classical mathematics, analytic geometry, also known as coordinate geometry or Cartesian geometry, is the study of geometry using a coordinate system. This contrasts with synthetic geometry.
Analytic geometry is used in physics and engineerin ...
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Cartesian morphism
Fibred categories (or fibered categories) are abstract entities in mathematics used to provide a general framework for descent theory. They formalise the various situations in geometry and algebra in which ''inverse images'' (or ''pull-backs'') of ...
, formalisation of ''pull-back'' operation in category theory
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Cartesian oval, a curve
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Cartesian product
In mathematics, specifically set theory, the Cartesian product of two sets ''A'' and ''B'', denoted ''A''×''B'', is the set of all ordered pairs where ''a'' is in ''A'' and ''b'' is in ''B''. In terms of set-builder notation, that is
: A\ti ...
, a direct product of two sets
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Cartesian product of graphs, a binary operation on graphs
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Cartesian tree, a binary tree in computer science
Philosophy
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Cartesian anxiety, a hope that studying the world will give us unchangeable knowledge of ourselves and the world
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Cartesian circle, a potential mistake in reasoning
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Cartesian doubt, a form of methodical skepticism as a basis for philosophical rigor
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Cartesian dualism, the philosophy of the distinction between mind and body
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Cartesianism, the philosophy of René Descartes
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Cartesianists, followers of Cartesianism
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Cartesian Meditations'', a work by Edmund Husserl
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Cartesian linguistics'', a work by Noam Chomsky
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Cartesian theatre, a derisive view of Cartesian dualism coined by Daniel Dennett
Science
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Cartesian diver, a science experiment demonstrating buoyancy and the ideal gas law
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Cartesian physics
''The World'', also called ''Treatise on the Light'' (French title: ''Traité du monde et de la lumière''), is a book by René Descartes (1596–1650). Written between 1629 and 1633, it contains a nearly complete version of his philosophy, ...
, attempts to explain gravity without a need for action at distance
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