It was believed that his birth year was 1601 however, it was discovered that it was actually his halfbrother, also named pierre, that was born in this year. He was actually a lawyer, but worked on math as a hobby. In fact, he proved the above theorem for a particular case of n4. Pdf facts indicate that fermat had a simpler proof for his last. Independently of descartes, fermat discovered the fundamental principle of analytic geometry. En todos ellos, sus trabajos han supuesto alguna innovacion. Independently of descartes, fermat discovered the fundamental principle of. Also he played a pivotal role in the development of analytic geometry, optics and probability. He did path breaking research in into number theory and discovered several new patterns in numbers which had puzzled mathematicians for centuries. Fermat grew up with three other siblings, having two sisters and. Matematico francese beaumontdelomagne, tarnetgaronne, 1601 castres 1665.
His monumental work is considered to be fermat s last theorem and fermat s principle for light propagation. Though theres speculation about the exact details of his birth and early life, its said that. He was born on august 17, 1601 and died january 12, 1665. This means he was born between january, 1607, and january 12, 1608, and most probably in 1607.
He was a competent classical scholar and philologist, was fluent in five languages, and composed poetry. In 2001, the french postal service released the stamp pictured. Luis miguel restrepo montoya santiago velasquez castro 2. In future, pdf files will be requested as common standard for elibm, to provide easier readability of the files. Despite these impressive accomplishments, however, it is as a mathematician that he is best remembered. He did the primary developments of infinitesimal calculus. This lesson will explore some of these contributions and accomplishments. He attended the university of toulouse before moving to bordeaux, where he began his first serious mathematical researches. John wallis, savilian professor of geometry at oxford from 1649 to 1703, engaged in a. A lawyer fulltime, he practiced math as a hobby and never devoted enough time to it to.
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