Pierre De Fermat
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PIERRE DE FERMAT
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WHO WAS HE?
Pierre de Fermat was a French man famous for creating Fermat's Last Theorem. His work lead to infinitesimal calculus. He also contributed to analytic geometry, differential calculus, and number theory.
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HIS LIFE
He was born in 1601 in Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France. His father was a wealthy leather merchant. His birthplace that was a mansion, is now a museum.
He studied mathematics at the university of Toulouse. Later he studied Civil Law at the university of Orleans.
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Fermat is best remembered for this work in number theory, in particular for Fermat's Last Theorem. This theorem states that
Xn + Yn = Zn
Has no nonzero integer solutions for x, y and z when n>2.
Some further problems Fermat worked on:
Find all solutions of Nx + 1 = y for N not a square.
Prove that the sum of two cubes cannot be a cube
Prove that there are exactly two integer solutions of x + 4 =y
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