Who is Pierre de Fermat?
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Who he inspired/inspired by.
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French Mathematican

Who is Pierre de Fermat?

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Founder of the modern theory of numbers

What is Pierre de Fermat called?

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 If a function f is defined on the interval (a,b), and it has a maximum or a minimum at c, then either f′ doesn't exist at c or f′(c)=0.

What is Fermat's calculus theorum?

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 Fermat claims to have proven Fermat's Last Theorem.

Who solved Fermats Theorem?

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Leonhard Euler, Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, and Gilles de Roberval.


Who did Fermat influence?

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Analytical geometry and calculus.

What did Pierre de Fermat study?

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Contributions to the differential and integral calculus.

What did Pierre de Fermat contribute to math?

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His methods for finding tangents to curves and their maximum and minimum points led him to be regarded as the inventor of the differential calculus.

What did Fermat discover about tangents?

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Fermat studied law and politics in college.

What did Fermat go to college for?

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August 17, 1601, Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France

Where was Pierre de Fermat born?

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Fermat's principle for light propagation and his Fermat's Last Theorem in number theory

What is Fermat most famous for?

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His proof generated many novel ideas and new ways of thinking in the field of mathematics.

What is the significance of Fermats proof?

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January 12, 1665, Castres, France.

When did Pierre de Fermat die?

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No three positive integers a, b, and c satisfy the equation an + bn = cn for any integer value of n greater than 2.

What is Fermats proof?

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University of Orléans.

Where did Pierre de Fermat go to college?