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

Whoever discovers it will be hailed forever as the genius who cracked baseball’s answer to Fermat’s Last Theorem.

From The Wall Street Journal

The meaning of life, the laws of general relativity, quantum mechanics, Fermat's last theorem.

From BBC

But if the abc conjecture is true, Fermat’s theorem is more easily explained.

From Scientific American

The clock would address baseball’s most infuriating dead time — hitters wandering away from home plate during an at-bat, as though puzzling about Fermat’s Last Theorem.

From Washington Post

Mr. Vaughn said that he and his wife had no children and that the Fermat triumph was how he hoped he would be remembered.

From New York Times