Pierre de Fermat
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Pierre de Fermat was a French magistrate, polymath, and above all, a mathematician who is given credit for early developments that led to infinitesimal calculus, including his technique of adequality.
Pierre de Fermat, 17th-century painting by unknown artist
Pierre de Fermat, 17th century painting by Rolland Lefebvre
The 1670 edition of Diophantus's Arithmetica includes Fermat's commentary, referred to as his "Last Theorem" (Observatio Domini Petri de Fermat), posthumously published by his son.
Place of burial of Pierre de Fermat in Place Jean Jaurés, Castres. Translation of the plaque: in this place was buried on January 13, 1665, Pierre de Fermat, councillor at the Chambre de l'Édit (a court established by the Edict of Nantes) and mathematician of great renown, celebrated for his theorem, an + bn ≠ cn for n > 2.
René Descartes
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René Descartes was a French philosopher, scientist, logician, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science during the Renaissance era. Mathem
Portrait after Frans Hals
Descartes was born in La Haye en Touraine.
Portrait of René Descartes by Jan Baptist Weenix, 1647–1649
René Descartes at work