In the 17th century the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat set a challenge for future generations of mathematicians—prove that there are no whole number solutions for the following closely ...

17th century French mathematician Pierre de Fermat came up with this theorem many years ago, but was unable to prove it in his own lifetime. The theorem states that no three positive integers a ...

358 years after it is conceived, Pierre de Fermat theorem (or conjecture) is proved by Andrew Wiles. Famously Fermat placed it in the margin of a copy of Arithmetica but he claimed he had a proof that ...

Pierre de Fermat, Rene Descartes and Blaise Pascale. Yet it is Galileo’s name that survives as the “founder” of physics. We must understand, however briefly, the sociological, political and ...

Lee University Department of Mathematical Sciences hosted a mathematics competition for local high school students. The event, organized by Dr. Laura Singletary and Dr. Debra Gladden, professors of ...

TOOK MORE THAN 350 YEARS TO SOLVE Fermat's Last Theorem is a conjecture stated around 1637 by the French mathematician Pierre de Fermat that if n is a positive integer greater than 2, no positive ...