Fermat

American  

[fer-ma, fer-mah] / fɛrˈma, fɛrˈmɑ /

noun

1. Pierre de 1601–65, French mathematician.

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Fermat British  

/ fɛrma, fɜːˈmæt /

noun

1. Pierre de (pjɛr də). 1601–65, French mathematician, regarded as the founder of the modern theory of numbers. He studied the properties of whole numbers and, with Pascal, investigated the theory of probability

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Fermat Scientific  

/ fĕr-mä′ /

1. French mathematician who is best known for his work on probability and on the properties of numbers. He formulated Fermat's last theorem, which remained unsolved for over three hundred years.

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Example Sentences

“It’s really great to have people like Vaughn,” said Neal I. Koblitz, a professor of mathematics at the University of Washington who edited a Fermat book for the Vaughn Foundation.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2022

In September 1981, Mr. Vaughn funded the world’s first big conference on the Fermat riddle.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2022

Mr. Vaughn’s financial aid, he added, eventually led to wide Fermat collaborations, including an early gathering that Dr. Wiles helped organize.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2022

She wrote a popular book on analytic geometry, published in 1748, which included an interesting curve that had been studied by Fermat in 1630.

From Textbooks • Mar. 30, 2016

Fermat, Roberval, and Torricelli had all been occupied with the subject, and made some definite progress in ascertaining its properties. 

From Pascal by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)