alleryWho first introduced mathematical notation at the end of the 16th century?
AIsaac Newton
BLeonhard Euler
CRené Descartes
DFrançois Viète
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. François Viète
1. The source credits Viète with introducing mathematical notation in the late 1500s.
2. Descartes, Newton, Leibniz and Euler expanded it later.
3. So Euler and Newton came after the first introduction.
_Source: Wikipedia, Mathematical notation, lead section_
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