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Pierre de Fermat

Born: August 17, 1601

Died: January 12, 1665

Nationality: French

Occupation: Lawyer

Biography: Pierre de Fermat was a French lawyer at the Parlement of Toulouse, France, and an amateur mathematician who is given credit for early developments that led to infinitesimal calculus, including his adequality.

Pierre de Fermat

“And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything.”

- Pierre de Fermat

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Pierre de Fermat

“But it is impossible to divide a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into fourth powers, or generally any power beyond the square into like powers; of this I have found a remarkable demonstration. This margin is too narrow to contain it.”

- Pierre de Fermat

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Pierre de Fermat

“I am more exempt and more distant than any man in the world.”

- Pierre de Fermat

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Pierre de Fermat

“I have found a very great number of exceedingly beautiful theorems.”

- Pierre de Fermat

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Pierre de Fermat

“I will share all of this with you whenever you wish.”

- Pierre de Fermat

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Pierre de Fermat

“It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.”

- Pierre de Fermat

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Pierre de Fermat

“I have discovered a truly remarkable proof of this theorem which this margin is too small to contain.”

- Pierre de Fermat

Source/Notes: Cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet.

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Pierre de Fermat

“I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.”

- Pierre de Fermat

Source/Notes: Cuius rei demonstrationem mirabilem sane detexi hanc marginis exiguitas non caperet.

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