Plane rectangular coordinate system is a mathematical tool used to describe the position of points on the plane. Its historical development can be traced back to ancient Greece, but its application in modern mathematics and science mainly originated from17th century. The following is an overview of the historical development of the plane rectangular coordinate system:

1, ancient Greece: As early as the 3rd century BC, the ancient Greek mathematician Euclid put forward the basic principles of plane geometry, including the concepts of points, lines and surfaces. However, he did not introduce the concept of coordinate system.

2. Cartesian coordinate system: The modern form of plane rectangular coordinate system was put forward by French mathematician Descartes in the middle of17th century. Descartes expressed the position of a point as an ordered pair (x, y), where x represents the position of the point on the horizontal axis and y represents the position of the point on the vertical axis. This coordinate system enables geometric problems to be solved by algebraic methods, which lays the foundation for the development of analytic geometry.

3. The rise of mathematical analysis: The introduction of plane rectangular coordinate system provides an important tool for the development of mathematical analysis. Mathematicians such as Newton and Leibniz established calculus at the end of 17 and the beginning of 18. The development of this field enables people to study curves, surfaces and changes.

A famous mathematician related to the plane rectangular coordinate system

1, Descartes: Descartes is considered as the founder of the plane rectangular coordinate system. /kloc-In the middle of 0/7th century, the concept of coordinate system was introduced for the first time, and algebra and geometry were combined to create an era of analytic geometry.

2. Fermat: Fermat is a French mathematician who, together with Descartes, pioneered analytic geometry. This paper puts forward the fermat point problem, which is a set of points on the plane, making the sum of the distances to the other two points shortest, and this problem becomes an optimization problem in the coordinate system.

3. Euler: Euler was one of the most important mathematicians in18th century, and made important contributions to the application and development of coordinate system, especially in graph theory and analytic geometry.