alleryWho largely expanded notation in the 17th and 18th centuries, most of all?
AArchimedes
BFrançois Viète
CLeonhard Euler
DMichael Stifel
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: C. Leonhard Euler
1. Notation was expanded by Descartes, Newton and Leibniz.
2. The source says overall it was Euler who expanded it most.
3. Viète introduced it earlier; Stifel and Archimedes are not named here.
_Source: Wikipedia, Mathematical notation, lead section_
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