Fermat
Americannoun
noun
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After more than three centuries of effort, the Fermat infinities had finally been surmounted, and civilization, amazingly, was still intact.
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
The exotic forms led Dr. Wiles to the Fermat breakthrough.
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
It was issued as a challenge by Fermat to the English mathematicians of his day.
From Amusements in Mathematics by Dudeney, Henry Ernest
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