Definition talk:Coordinate System/Coordinate

The context into which to place the definition of "coordinate" is wide open. --prime mover 12:51, 7 May 2011 (CDT)

Ah, I searched for it with a hypen, so didn't see there was a page. Perhaps "Coordinate (Manifold)" / "Coordinate (Geometry)" and a disambiguation page? They're kind of the same and kind of different, so I'm not sure --Linus44 13:12, 7 May 2011 (CDT)


 * Actually there's three ways of doing it:
 * a) All on the same page with some weasel-words as to how they're sort-of the same sort of concept a-bit-ish.
 * b) Two separate pages with a disambiguation page, and a separate page demonstrating how one is isomorphic (in whatever sort of categorical context), sort of what we have now.
 * c) One main page with the two separate pages describing the two entities included (with appropriate onlyinclude sections) as transclusions.
 * My vote would be for c), as the concepts are too close to be disambiguated as separate definitions, but too different to go on the same page. --prime mover 14:19, 7 May 2011 (CDT)

Def'n of Origin
The page says:

The origin of a coordinate system is the zero vector.

Now, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't the zero vector and the origin different things?


 * $O = (0,0,\cdots,0)$


 * $\mathbf{0} =$ the vector with initial point $O$ and terminal point $O$? --GFauxPas 19:31, 25 January 2012 (EST)