It Is Not That Polar Co-ordinates Are Complicated, It Is Simply That Cartesian Co-ordinates Are Simpler Than They Have A Right To Be.

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It is not that polar co-ordinates are complicated, it is simply
that cartesian co-ordinates are simpler than they have a right to be.
-- Kleppner & Kolenhow, "An Introduction to Mechanics"

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