Tag synonym: polar-coordinates | spherical-coordinates

I feel the tags and should be merged to general $n$-dimensional polar coordinates, since is used for the general anyways.

• Huh? I apparently never got the memo that "polar coordinates" is "used for general anyways". I always reserve that term for two dimensions. – Willie Wong Jan 6 '14 at 9:33

I am not convinced. Those are separate topics in calculus. For a typical calculus student asking questions on either of these topics, "$n$-dimensional polar coordinates" could as well be in Greek. Besides, "$n$-dimensional polar coordinates" does not fit the 25 character limit.
• Could be a language thing. Where I come from, Polarkoordinaten is the common term. Very rarely, in dimension $3$, some people speak (write) of sphärische Polarkoordinaten, I don't remember having seen that used in dimensions $> 3$, though. From that perspective, I don't understand the singling out of the two-dimensional case in the English nomenclature. But meh. – Daniel Fischer Jan 6 '14 at 11:21