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Pierre de Fermat (born August 17, 1601, Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France—died January 12, 1665, Castres) was a French mathematician who is often called the founder of the modern theory of numbers. Together with René Descartes, Fermat was one of the two leading mathematicians of the first half of the 17th century. Independently of Descartes ...
Pierre de Fermat (French: [pjɛʁ də fɛʁma]; between 31 October and 6 December 1607 [a] – 12 January 1665) was a French mathematician who is given credit for early developments that led to infinitesimal calculus, including his technique of adequality.
Pierre de Fermat (ur. 17 sierpnia 1601 w Beaumont-de-Lomagne, zm. 12 stycznia 1665 w Castres) – francuski prawnik i matematyk-amator, fizyk matematyczny, a z wykształcenia lingwista, od 1631 radca parlamentu (ówczesna nazwa sądu) w Tuluzie.
25 cze 2021 · The great scientific minds of the Renaissance and Enlightenment often made contributions across myriad fields. Pierre de Fermat was no exception. During his lifetime in the 17th century, he made his mark upon optics, probability, analytic geometry, and even laid the some of the foundations for calculus (which Isaac Newton would later build on).
Fermat mathematician made significant contributions to number theory, probability theory, analytic geometry and the early development of infinitesimal calculus. He ventured into the areas of mathematics which included pre-evolved calculus and trigonometry.
8 cze 2018 · The French mathematician Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665) played an important part in the foundation and development of analytic geometry, the calculus of probabilities, and especially the theory of numbers. Pierre de Fermat was born on Aug. 17, 1601, at Beaumont-de-Lamagne near Montaubon.
17 paź 2011 · Fermat’s method of infinite descent is logically only a variant of the Principle of Mathematical Induction, but it provided Fermat, and indeed his successors, with a powerful tool for proving number-theoretic results.
