alleryStart learning →Which mathematician introduced the dy/dx form of derivative notation?
ANewton
BLagrange
CLeibniz
DEuler
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Correct answer: C. Leibniz
Leibniz introduced the quotient-of-differentials notation dy/dx in 1675.
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