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  1. Pierre de Fermat (French: [pjɛʁ də fɛʁma]; between 31 October and 6 December 1607 – 12 January 1665) was a French mathematician who is given credit for early developments that led to infinitesimal calculus, including his technique of adequality.

  2. 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.

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  4. Aug 17, 2011 · 17 August 1601. Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France. Died. 12 January 1665. Castres, France. Summary. Pierre de Fermat was a French lawyer and government official most remembered for his work in number theory; in particular for Fermat's Last Theorem. He is also important in the foundations of the calculus. View eight larger pictures. Biography.

  5. Oct 17, 2011 · 1 Introduction. Fermat, though a lawyer by profession and only an “amateur” mathematician, is regarded as the founder of modern number theory. What were some of his major results in that field? What inspired his labors? Why did he not publish his proofs? How did scholars attempt to reconstruct them? Did Fermat have a proof of Fermat’s Last Theorem?

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