EL PAÍS: ‘Nobel’ de Matemáticas para el lobo solitario que iluminó el enigma garabateado en el margen de un libro en 1637
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Faro de Vigo: El teorema de Fermat, el secreto del magistrado matemático más famoso de la historia
En este artículo remitido a FARO, el farmacéutico vigués Clemente José García Estévez, gran aficionado a las matemáticas, explica el teorema de Fermat (1601-1665), un magistrado que, al igual que él, ...
El teorema de Fermat, el secreto del magistrado matemático más famoso de la historia
Pierre de Fermat (/ fɜːrˈmɑː /; [2] French: [pjɛʁ də fɛʁma]; 17 August 1601 [a] – 12 January 1665) was a French magistrate, polymath, and above all, a mathematician who is given credit for early developments that led to infinitesimal calculus, including his technique of adequality.
Independently of Descartes, Fermat discovered the fundamental principle of analytic geometry. His methods for finding tangents to curves and their maximum and minimum points led him to be regarded as the inventor of the differential calculus. Through his correspondence with Blaise Pascal he was a co-founder of the theory of probability.
Pierre de Fermat was a French lawyer and government official most remembered for his work in number theory; in particular for Fermat's Last Theorem. He is also important in the foundations of the calculus.
Discover 25 fascinating facts about Pierre de Fermat, the mathematical genius behind Fermat's Last Theorem and contributions to number theory.
Pierre de Fermat (1607–1665), the eminent French mathematician best known for formulating Fermat’s Last Theorem and foundational contributions to analytic geometry, probability, and number theory.