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minus-squareltxrtquq@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 hours ago A straight line in polar coordinates with the same tangent would be a circle. I’m not sure that’s true. In non-euclidean geometry it might be, but aren’t polar coordinates just an alternative way of expressing cartesian? Looking at a libre textbook, it seems to be showing that a tangent line in polar coordinates is still a straight line, not a circle.
minus-squarewholookshere@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 minutes agoI’m saying that the tangent of a straight line in Cartesian coordinates, projected into polar, does not have constant tangent. A line with a constant tangent in polar, would look like a circle in Cartesian.
I’m not sure that’s true. In non-euclidean geometry it might be, but aren’t polar coordinates just an alternative way of expressing cartesian?
Looking at a libre textbook, it seems to be showing that a tangent line in polar coordinates is still a straight line, not a circle.
I’m saying that the tangent of a straight line in Cartesian coordinates, projected into polar, does not have constant tangent. A line with a constant tangent in polar, would look like a circle in Cartesian.