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Cartesian coordinate system 2D

The cartesian plane : set of point labeled with coordinate (x, y) is an affine space

Two usual cartesian reference frames

"Maths" frame

"Computer Graphics" frame

PS. : "Cartesian" comes from René Descartes

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