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Who is called the father of analytical geometry?
ARene Descartes
BAntoine Parent
CLeonhard Euler
DJ. Bernoulli
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Rene Descartes
Descartes introduced coordinates in 1637 though he dealt essentially with plane geometry.
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