Definition:Complex Plane/Historical Note

Historical Note on Complex Plane
It is reported by and, in their  of $1983$, that  represented a complex number using this technique in his , but for some reason was ignored.

This has not been corroborated by, and there may be some doubt as to its truth, considering the given publication date of ($1673$) does not match that given by all other sources found ($1685$).

It is widely reported that the concept of the complex plane was an invention of, independently of and.