Pierre de Fermat
The life of Pierre de Fermat - Secret Double Life and Plague Career
Famous Equations
1. Fermat's Last Theorem
No three positive integers fit this equation for \(n > 2\).
$$ a^n + b^n = c^n $$2. Fermat's Little Theorem
A fundamental property of prime numbers.
$$ a^{p-1} \equiv 1 \pmod{p} $$3. Fermat's Principle
Light travels between two points along the path of least time.
$$ \delta \int_{A}^{B} dt = 0 $$Sources: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Fermat/


