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Pierre de Fermat
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Noun1.Pierre de Fermat - French mathematician who founded number theory; contributed (with Pascal) to the theory of probability (1601-1665)
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Actually, a famous mathematician, often called the Prince of Amateurs, Pierre Fermat (1601-1665) declared that any number is either a figurate number or the sum of two or more of them.
Diversions by Squire, Barry / Australian Mathematics Teacher
The first significant results in the mathematical theory of probability were given to us by Pierre Fermat and Blaise Pascal, who developed the fundamental principles in a sequence of letters in 1654 while discussing two problems posed by the Chevalier de Mere, a professional gambler.
The Science of Conjecture: Evidence and Probability Before Pascal by Derbyshire, John / New Criterion
 
 
 
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