FERMAT

Meaning of FERMAT in English

Pronunciation: fer- ' mä

Function: biographical name

Pierre de 1601-1665 Fr. math.

Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012

FERMAT — biographical name Pierre de 1601-1665 French mathematician
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FERMAT — /ferdd mann"/ ; Eng. /fer mah"/ , n. Pierre de /pyerdd deuh/ , 1601-65, French mathematician.
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
FERMAT — n. family name; Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665) French mathematician, co-founder of number theory and probability theory (with Pascal)
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
FERMAT — biographical name Pierre de 1601-1665 French mathematician
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
FERMAT — Fermat BrE AmE fə ˈmæt fɜː-; ˈfɜːm æt, -ɑː AmE fer ˈmɑː —French [ fɛʁ ma \]
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
FERMAT — Fermat
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FERMAT — Fermat
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FERMAT — Fermat
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FERMAT — Fermat
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FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM — noun Etymology: Pierre de Fermat Date: 1847 a theorem in number theory: the equation xⁿ + yⁿ = zⁿ has …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FERMAT, PIERRE DE — born Aug. 17, 1601, Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France died Jan. 12, 1665, Castres French mathematician. Of Basque origin, Fermat studied law at …
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FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM — Statement that there are no natural numbers x , y , and z such that x n + y n …
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FERMAT'S PRINCIPLE — (ˈ)fer|mäz- noun Usage: usually capitalized F Etymology: after Pierre de Fermat died 1665 French mathematician, its formulator : a statement …
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FERMAT'S THEOREM — Math. the theorem that an integer raised to a prime power leaves the same remainder as the integer itself when …
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FERMAT'S PRINCIPLE — Optics. the law that the path taken by a ray of light in going from one point to another point …
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FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM — /fer mahz"/ , Math. the unproved theorem that the equation x n + y n = z n has no …
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FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM — noun Etymology: Pierre de Fermat Date: 1847 : a theorem in number theory: the equation xⁿ + yⁿ = zⁿ …
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FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM — ■ noun Mathematics the theorem (proved in 1995) that if n is an integer greater than 2, the equation x …
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FERMAT, PIERRE DE — born Aug. 17, 1601, Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France died Jan. 12, 1665, Castres French mathematician who is often called the founder of …
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FERMAT'S PRINCIPLE — in optics, statement that light traveling between two points seeks a path such that the number of waves (the optical …
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FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM — also called Fermat's Great Theorem the statement that there are no natural numbers x, y, and z such that xn …
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FERMAT, PIERRE DE — born Aug. 17, 1601, Beaumont-de-Lomagne, France died Jan. 12, 1665, Castres French mathematician. Of Basque origin, Fermat studied law at …
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FERMAT'S LAST THEOREM — Statement that there are no natural numbers x , y , and z such that x n + y n …
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FERMAT PRIME — < mathematics > A prime number of the form 2^2^n + 1. Any prime number of the form 2^n+1 must …
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NUMBER THEORY — branch of mathematics concerned with the integers, or whole numbers, and generalizations of the integers. Number theory grew out of …
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WILES, ANDREW JOHN — born April 11, 1953, Cambridge, Eng. British mathematician who proved Fermat's last theorem; in recognition he was awarded a special …
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KUMMER, ERNST EDUARD — born Jan. 29, 1810, Sorau, Brandenburg, Prussia died May 14, 1893, Berlin, Ger. German mathematician whose introduction of ideal numbers, …
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DIOPHANTUS OF ALEXANDRIA — flourished c. AD 250 Greek mathematician, famous for his work in algebra. What little is known of Diophantus's life is …
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