Re: Re[4]: [boost] Re: Re: GUI Library Proposal for a Proposal
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/
Michael Walter wrote:
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 13:12:14 +0000, Val Samko <boost@digiways.com> 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
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". Both of which seem to be wrong, as they appear to be used with
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:03:24 +0000, Reece Dunn <msclrhd@hotmail.com> wrote: pola/spherical coordinate systems only - as I wrote above. If you above, you will also see that I used both terms above, and it caused misunderstanding. Cheers, Michael
Michael Walter wrote:
Using http://dictionary.reference.com/translate/text.html produces "radius vector". Both of which seem to be wrong, as they appear to be used with
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:03:24 +0000, Reece Dunn <msclrhd@hotmail.com> wrote: pola/spherical coordinate systems only - as I wrote above.
No, radius vector is the correct term, AFAIK. http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RadiusVector.html
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