Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Pierre de Fermat

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Fermat's Last Theorem is so simple.

There exist no X, Y, Z satisfying
X^n+Y^n=Z^n
for natural number n more than 2.

But the proof had not been provided for almost 360 years.

Mathematics was his hobby.

He made his living by working as a lawyer.

He also enjoyed literature and languages  in his spare time.

He was proficient especially in French, Greece, Latin,

Spanish, and Italian.



--ref
PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS J. Tabak



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