Math 2.0

Geometry Object

Euclidean plane

Description

The Euclidean plane is the set ℝ2\mathbb{R}^2 of the ordered pairs (x,y)(x, y) of real numbers, with the dot product (x1,y1)⋅(x2,y2)=x1x2+y1y2(x_1, y_1) \cdot (x_2, y_2) = x_1 x_2 + y_1 y_2. The elements of ℝ2\mathbb{R}^2 are the points of the plane. The dot product gives the length of a vector, the distance between two points and the angle between two vectors. The distance between the points p=(p1,p2)p = (p_1, p_2) and q=(q1,q2)q = (q_1, q_2) is (p1−q1)2+(p2−q2)2\sqrt{(p_1 - q_1)^2 + (p_2 - q_2)^2}. The Euclidean plane is the Euclidean space of dimension 2.

Remarks

Each Euclidean space of dimension 2 is isometric to ℝ2\mathbb{R}^2. A choice of a Cartesian coordinate system gives such an isometry. The plane with a fixed Cartesian coordinate system is also called the Cartesian plane. Books I to IV and VI of Euclid's Elements study the geometry of the plane.

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