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Who was the first mathematician to solve a maximum/minimum problem? - ✔✔Pierre
de Fermat
What was the major contribution of Father Marin Mersenne to the development of
mathematics? - ✔✔He organized regular meetings of scholars that allowed them to
share their ideas.
In which country were Descartes and Fermat born? - ✔✔France
Which two mathematicians co-developed analytic geometry? - ✔✔Rene Descartes and
Pierre de Fermat
Which mathematician is known as the father of modern philosophy? - ✔✔Rene
Descartes
What does "Cogito ergo sum" mean? - ✔✔I think therefore I am.
What method did Fermat use to solve maximum/minimum problems? - ✔✔Pseudo-
equality method
Who was the Queen of Sweden when Descartes died? - ✔✔Christina
What branch of mathematics was introduced in the book, La Geometrie? - ✔✔Analytic
Geometry
How were Descartes' and Fermat's coordinate systems different from ours today? -
✔✔They never referred to a vertical axis.
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