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fermat, pierre de

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Fer·mat   (fěr-mä')   
French mathematician who developed number theory and probability theory.
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Fermat   (fěr-mä')  Pronunciation Key 
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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