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)