Essays Tagged: "Pierre de Fermat"

Blaise Pascal

ducation ofhis only son, who had already displayed exceptional ability. Blaise was keptat home in order to ensure his not being overworked, and it was directedthat his education should be at first con ... irectedthat his education should be at first confined to the study of languages, andshould not include any mathematics. Young Pascal was very curious, oneday at the age of twelve while studying with h ...

(2 pages) 67 0 4.7 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Blaise Pascal a physics pioneer of his age.

es that canoccur in an event. Though Pascal found many things alone in mathematics, he did workwith Pierre de Fermat to discuss the probability of games of chance. In the early 1600sAbraham de Mirve w ...

(3 pages) 44 0 1.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Physics

"Fermat's Last Therom"

Fermat's Last TheoremPierre de Fermat was one of the most famous number theorists in history, but he was not a mathematic ... 1631, when Fermat was a lawyer and a government official that he was entitled to change his name to Pierre de Fermat rather than just Pierre Fermat. By this time he had moved back to his home town of ... to what we can do if we just put our mind to it.Works CitedM S Mahoney. The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat. Princeton, 1994.O'Connor, John J. Pierre de Fermat. St Andrews, Scottland: JOC/EFR ...

(5 pages) 75 0 4.7 Apr/2003

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

This essay is about a great mathematicians in 17th century his name is Pierre de Fermat.

My paper research of mathematicians is on Pierre De Fermat. Pierre de Fermat was born in August 17, 1601 near Beaumont-de-Lomagne in a small t ... ermat was born in August 17, 1601 near Beaumont-de-Lomagne in a small town in south part of France. Pierre de Fermat father was a wealthy leather merchant; his father did not let Pierre go to school s ... a wealthy leather merchant; his father did not let Pierre go to school so he was educated at home. Pierre had a family he had a brother name Clement and two sisters their name were Louise and Marie. ...

(3 pages) 97 3 4.4 Dec/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Blaise Pascal And Pierre Fermat

Blaise Pascal and Pierre Fermat Pascal and Fermat are two French mathematicians known for their great contribu ...

(1 pages) 2494 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Pierre De Fermat

Pierre de Fermat was born on August 17, 1601 in Beaumont-de-Lomagne France to a Catholic family as o ... inishing college in 1631, Fermat became a lawyer and government official in Toulouse. At this time, Pierre Fermat changed his name to Pierre de Fermat.During his life, he is often called "Prince of Am ...

(1 pages) 14 0 0.0 Jan/2002

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics

Elementary Number Theory and its applications

the number theory enjoyed remarkable development achievements since several mathematicians such as Pierre de Fermat and Leonhard Eu- ler stated several significant results and theorems. The dev ... is section, I will introduce the Fermat's Little Theorem. This theorem was first developed by Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665), who is one of the founders of the modern number theory; however, he di ...

(35 pages) 2 0 0.0 Sep/2014

Subjects: Science Essays > Mathematics