Michael Walter wrote:
MW> On Fri, 5 Nov 2004 23:54:30 +0000, Val Samko <boost@digiways.com> wrote:
Once again, in geometry, vector and point are practically the same
MW> Not really - you can only represent a point by its radius/position MW> vector wrt a given coordinate system.
I thought we are only talking about Cartesian coordinates? Does anyone really need a gui library for radial coordinate system? :) Apologies - I was apparently using the wrong term (not a native English speaker), and was just seeing "the vector r from the origin to
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 13:12:14 +0000, Val Samko <boost@digiways.com> wrote: thing. the current position" on Mathworld. Googling a bit more it appears that it is such a vector in a polar/spherical coordinate system only.
The word I was looking for is "Ortsvektor" in German, the vector from the origin to a certain point. What would be the proper word for that in English (tried googling, failed :)?
"Ort" means place, so it would be "place vector", or more likely "position vector". Is this what you mean? Using http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html produces "radius vector". Regards, Reece _________________________________________________________________ Want to block unwanted pop-ups? Download the free MSN Toolbar now! http://toolbar.msn.co.uk/