List of things named after René Descartes

This is the list of things named after René Descartes (1596–1650), a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist.

Computer science

  • Cartesian genetic programming
  • Cartesian tree

Mathematics

  • Cartesian closed category
  • Cartesian geometry
    • Cartesian coordinate system
    • Cartesian equations
    • Cartesian plane
    • Cartesian tensor
  • Cartesian monoid
  • Cartesian monoidal category
    • Cartesian closed category
  • Cartesian oval
  • Cartesian product
  • Cartesian product of graphs
  • Cartesian square
    • Cartesian morphisms
  • Descartes number
  • Descartes' rule of signs
  • Descartes snark
  • Descartes' theorem
  • Descartes' theorem on total angular defect
  • Folium of Descartes

Physics

  • Cartesian diver
  • Cartesian vortex theory
  • Snell–Descartes law

Philosophy

  • Cartesian anxiety
  • Cartesian circle
  • Cartesian doubt
  • Cartesian dualism
  • Cartesian materialism
  • Cartesian other
  • Cartesian theater
  • Cartesian Method
  • Descartes' demon

Robotics

  • Cartesian coordinate robot
  • Cartesian parallel manipulators

Other

  • Blanche Descartes
  • Cartesian linguistics
  • Cartesian Meditations
  • Cartesian Reflections
  • Descartes (crater)
  • Descartes-class cruiser
  • Descartes' Error
  • Descartes-Huygens Prize
  • Descartes Island (Antarctica)
  • Descartes on Polyhedra
  • Descartes Prize
  • Lycée René Descartes (Champs-sur-Marne)
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