Pierre de Fermat
(1607–1665)

French lawyer and amateur mathematician; given credit for early developments leading to infinitesimal calculus, his research into number theory, and notable contributions to analytic geometry, probability, and optics

Pierre de Fermat

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"Fermat, Pierre de," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

 

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