Pierre de Fermat
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Pierre de Fermat was a 17th-century French mathematician renowned for his work in number theory, probability, and analytic geometry, and especially for Fermat's Last Theorem.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Pierre de Fermat canonical | 21 |
| de Fermat | 1 |
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| instanceOf |
French mathematician
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human ⓘ jurist ⓘ mathematician ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Orléans ⓘ |
| era | 17th century ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName |
Pierre de Fermat
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de Fermat
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| fieldOfWork |
analytic geometry
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calculus ⓘ mathematics ⓘ number theory ⓘ optics ⓘ probability theory ⓘ |
| givenName | Pierre ⓘ |
| influenced |
Joseph-Louis Lagrange
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Leonhard Euler ⓘ development of calculus ⓘ modern probability theory ⓘ number theory ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
François Viète
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ancient Greek mathematics ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
French
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Latin ⓘ |
| movement | Scientific Revolution ⓘ |
| name | Pierre de Fermat self-link ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | French ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
co-founding modern number theory
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foundational work in probability with Pascal ⓘ pioneering analytic geometry independently of Descartes ⓘ |
| notableColleague |
Blaise Pascal
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Christiaan Huygens ⓘ Marin Mersenne ⓘ René Descartes ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
early development of differential calculus
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foundations of analytic geometry ⓘ principle of least time in optics ⓘ probability theory with Blaise Pascal ⓘ |
| notableStudent | Pierre de Carcavi ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Fermat curve
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Fermat number ⓘ Fermat point ⓘ Fermat polygonal number theorem ⓘ Fermat number ⓘ
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Fermat prime
Fermat's Last Theorem ⓘ Fermat's little theorem ⓘ Fermat’s principle of least time ⓘ
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Fermat's principle
Fermat's theorem on sums of two squares ⓘ method of adequality ⓘ |
| occupation |
lawyer
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magistrate ⓘ |
| positionHeld | counsellor at the Parlement of Toulouse ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workLocation | Toulouse ⓘ |
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de Fermat