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Pierre de Fermat

Born

in Beaumont-de-Lomagne, Occitania, France

August 17, 1601

Died

January 12, 1665

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pierre_de_Fermat

Genre

Science, Mathematics, Law

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French mathematician Pierre de Fermat developed number and probability theory.

Pierre de Fermat around 1630 stated his last theorem of no solutions of the equation an + bn = cn for n, a greater integer than 2, in positive integers a, b, c, as a marginal note; the British mathematician Andrew Wiles proved it not until 1994.

Blaise Pascal co-developed the mathematical theory of probability with Pierre de Fermat.

People give early credit to this amateur and lawyer at the Parlement of Toulouse for leading to infinitesimal calculus, including his technique of adequality. In particular, they recognize his research and his discovery of an analogous original method of finding the greatest and the smallest ordinates of curved lines to that of the t ...more

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	Osservazioni su Diofanto 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1670 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oeuvres de Pierre Fermat (Collection Sciences dans l'histoire) 3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Varia Opera Mathematica D. Petri de Fermat, Senatoris Tolosani: Accesserunt Selectæ Quædam Ejusdem Epistolæ, Vel Ad Ipsum A Plerisque Doctissimis Viris Gallicè, Latinè, Vel Italicè, de Rebus Ad 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	La geometría del azar. La correspondencia entre Pierre de Fermat y Blaise Pascal by Pierre de Fermat, Blaise Pascal, Jesús Basultos Santos (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“It is impossible to separate a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into two fourth powers, or in general, any power higher than the second, into two like powers. I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which this margin is too narrow to contain.
[Cubum autem in duos cubos, aut quadratoquadratum in duos quadratoquadratos & generaliter nullam in infinitum ultra quadratum potestatem in duos eiusdem nominis fas est dividere cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi. Hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet.]”
― Pierre de Fermat s

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“Et peut-être la posterité me saura gré de lui avoir fait connaître que les Anciens n’ont pas tout su. (And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown that the ancients did not know everything.)”
― Pierre De Fermat

tags: ancients, fermat-s-theorem, funny, humor, knowledge, mathematician, posterity, science, scientist, thank

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“Cuius rei demostrationem mirabilem sane detexi hanc marginis exiquitas non caperet.
Tengo una prueba verdaderamente maravillosa para esta afirmación, pero el margen es demasiado estrecho para contenerla.”
― Pierre de Fermat

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