%0 Journal Article %T Coordinate Calculi on Associative Algebras %A A. Borowiec %A V. K. Kharchenko %J Mathematics %D 1995 %I arXiv %X A new notion of an optimal algebra for a first order coordinate differential was introduced in \cite{BKO}. Some relevant examples are indicated. Quadratic identities in the optimal algebras and calculi on quadratic algebras are studied. Canonical construction of a quantum de Rham complex for the coordinate differential is proposed. The relations between calculi and various generalizations of the Yang--Baxter equation are established. %U http://arxiv.org/abs/q-alg/9501018v1