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______________ wrote the book "GEOMETRIE".

  1. Issac Newton

  2. Rane Descartes

  3. Euler

  4. Fermat
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Explanation

Rene Descartes (misspelled as 'Rane' in option B) wrote 'La Geometrie' in 1637 as an appendix to his work 'Discours de la methode', establishing Cartesian coordinate system and linking algebra to geometry. Newton wrote 'Principia,' Euler contributed to many fields, and Fermat was a contemporary mathematician - none authored a work titled 'Geometrie.'

AI explanation

René Descartes (spelled 'Rane Descartes' here, likely a transliteration/typo) wrote 'La Géométrie,' published in 1637 as an appendix to his 'Discourse on the Method.' This work is foundational to analytic geometry, introducing the Cartesian coordinate system that bridges algebra and geometry — the basis for the term 'Cartesian.' Isaac Newton is known for calculus and physics (Principia Mathematica), not this text. Euler made vast contributions across mathematics but didn't author 'Geometrie' in this historical sense. Fermat, a contemporary of Descartes, worked on number theory and also contributed to analytic geometry independently but didn't publish a book by this title.

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