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Who first described a complex number as a point in a plane in 1799?
AJean Argand
BCaspar Wessel
CCarl Gauss
DLeonhard Euler
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Caspar Wessel
Danish-Norwegian mathematician Caspar Wessel described the complex plane in 1799.
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