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The theorem connecting powers of cos x + i sin x to multiple angles is named after which mathematician?
AAbraham de Moivre
BAugustin Cauchy
CLeonhard Euler
DCarl Friedrich Gauss
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: A. Abraham de Moivre
The formula carries the name of Abraham de Moivre, an early worker on complex numbers and trigonometry.
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