Pierre de Fermat

Pierre de Fermat (French: [pjɛːʁ dəfɛʁma]; 17^[2] 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
Pierre de Fermat
Born	17 August 1601 or 1607[1] Beaumont-de-Lomagne, Fraunce
Dee'd	(1665-01-12)12 Januar 1665 (aged 63 or 57) Castres, Fraunce
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