Pierre de Fermat

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Pierre Fermat (August 17, 1601 – January 12, 1665) was a French magistrate. He, however, is most famous for being an amateur mathematician. His name is attached to several results in number theory, such as Fermat's Little Theorem and Fermat's Last Theorem, though he worked in many other areas of mathematics as well.

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