Pierre de Fermat
Pierre de Fermat (French: [pjɛːʁ dəfɛʁma]; 17[2] August 1601 (or 1607) – 12 Januar 1665) wis a French lawyer at the Parlement o Toulouse, Fraunce, an a mathematician that is gien credit for early developments that led tae infinitesimal calculus, includin his technique o adequality.
Pierre de Fermat | |
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 Pierre de Fermat | |
| Born | 17 August 1601 or 1607[1] Beaumont-de-Lomagne, Fraunce |
| Dee'd | 12 Januar 1665 (aged 63 or 57) Castres, Fraunce |
| Residence | Fraunce |
| Naitionality | French |
| Alma mater | Varsity o Orléans (LL.B., 1626) |
| Kent for | See full leet Nummer theory Analytic geometry Fermat's principle Probability Fermat's Last Theorem Adequality |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics an Law |
| Influences | François Viète, Gerolamo Cardano, Diophantus |
References
eedit- ↑ "Pierre de Fermat". The Mactutor History of Mathematics. Archived frae the original on 6 November 2013. Retrieved 29 Mey 2013.
- ↑ Křížek, M.; Luca, Florian; Somer, Lawrence (2001). 17 lectures on Fermat numbers: from number theory to geometry. CMS books in mathematics. Springer. p. v. ISBN 978-0-387-95332-8.