Pierre de Fermat (French: ; 17 August 1601 (or 1607) – 12 Januar 1665) wis a French lawyer at the Parlement o Toulouse, Fraunce, an a mathematician that is gien credit for early developments that led tae infinitesimal calculus, includin his technique o adequality.
Pierre de Fermat | |
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Pierre de Fermat | |
Born | 17 August 1601 or 1607 Beaumont-de-Lomagne, Fraunce |
Dee'd | (aged 63 or 57) Castres, Fraunce | 12 Januar 1665
Residence | Fraunce |
Naitionality | French |
Alma mater | Varsity o Orléans (LL.B., 1626) |
Kent for | See full leet Nummer theory Analytic geometry Fermat's principle Probability Fermat's Last Theorem Adequality |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics an Law |
Influences | François Viète, Gerolamo Cardano, Diophantus |
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