Pierre de Fermat's 410th birthday is celebrated in a Google doodle today. Here are ten things you need to know about the French mathematician. 1. Born in 1601 in Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France ...

In the 17th century the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat set a challenge for future generations of mathematicians—prove that there are no whole number solutions for the following closely ...

Pierre de Fermat left behind a truly tantalizing hint of a proof when he died—one that mathematicians struggled to complete for centuries. François de Poilly, wikimedia commons The story is ...

Otherwise known as “Fermat’s Last Theorem,” this equation was first posed by French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in 1637, and had stumped the world’s brightest minds for more than 300 years.

Born in France in 1601 (probably -- various biographies place his year of birth anywhere from 1590 to 1608), Fermat studied at the University of Toulouse before earning a law degree from the ...

Anyone who has followed Charlie Munger (Trades, Portfolio) for some time will know he is a great admirer of the work of 17th century mathematicians Pierre de Fermat and Blaise Pascal. The two ...

The theorem is called Pierre de Fermat's last because, of his many conjectures, it was the last and longest to be unverified. He also wrote that he didn't have space in the margin to show the proof.

Around 1630, Pierre de Fermat scribbled his famous note in the margin of a book stating what is now known as “Fermat’s Last Theorem.” “I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this ...

Pierre de Fermat's 410th birthday is celebrated in a Google doodle today. Here are ten things you need to know about the French mathematician. 7. Fermat had five children. The eldest, Clément ...

Otherwise known as “Fermat’s Last Theorem,” this equation was first posed by French mathematician Pierre de Fermat in 1637, and had stumped the world’s brightest minds for more than 300 years.