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Who is Rene Descarts ?
Descartes is a famous and well noted European mathematician who lived hundreds of years ago. He pioneered many of the complex math procedures, equations, and mathematical formulas that we still use today.
Descartes is the namesake of the standard "Cartesian" or rectangular coordinate system.
He also is famous for saying "I think, therefore I am."


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