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Pierre de Fermat

Q: What is a famous quote by Pierre de Fermat?

"I have discovered a truly marvelous proof of this, which this margin is too narrow to contain." — Pierre de Fermat

Q: What is a famous quote by Pierre de Fermat?

"And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything." — Pierre de Fermat

Q: What is a famous quote by Pierre de Fermat?

"I have found a very great number of exceedingly beautiful theorems." — Pierre de Fermat

Mathematician

Pierre de Fermat was a French mathematician credited with early developments that led to infinitesimal calculus. He made significant contributions to number theory, analytic geometry, probability, and optics. Fermat is most famous for his 'Last Theorem,' written in the margin of a book, which went unsolved for over 350 years. Although he was a lawyer and government official by trade, his private passion for mathematics established him as one of the greatest mathematicians of the 17th century.

Aug 20, 1607 - Jan 12, 1665 French 3 Quotes