An Intent is an intention to perform an action; in other words, a messaging object you can use to request an action from another app component An Intent is basically a message to say you did or want something to happen. Depending on the intent, apps or the OS might be listening for it and will react accordingly.
Mathematicians consider Descartes of the utmost importance for his discovery of analytic geometry. Up to Descartes's times, geometry, dealing with lines and shapes, and algebra, dealing with numbers, appeared as completely different subsets of mathematics.
By YourDictionary. The famous French philosopher and mathematician RenÃ© Descartes, also known as the Father of Modern Philosophy, said the words I think therefore I amâ. Much of his work attempted to defy skepticism, a prominent ideology for the French intellectuals of the day.