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The mathematical career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665 /

Hailed as one of the greatest mathematical results of the twentieth century, the recent proof of Fermat's Last Theorem by Andrew Wiles brought to public attention the enigmatic problem-solver Pierre de Fermat, who centuries ago stated his famous conjecture in a margin of a book, writing that he...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Mahoney, Michael S. (Michael Sean)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1994.
Edición:2nd ed.
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --  |t CONTENTS --  |t PREFACE (1994) --  |t INTRODUCTION --  |t ACKNOWLEDGMENTS --  |t BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS --  |t CHAPTER I. The Personal Touch --  |t CHAPTER II. Nullum Non Problema Solvere: Viete's Analytic Program And Its Influence On Fermat --  |t CHAPTER III. The Royal Road --  |t CHAPTER IV. Fashioning One's Own Luck --  |t CHAPTER V. Archimedes and the Theory of Equations --  |t CHAPTER VI. Between Traditions --  |t EPILOGUE: Fermat in Retrospect --  |t APPENDIX I: Sidelights on a Mathematical Career --  |t APPENDIX II: Bibliographical Essay and Chronological Conspectus of Fermat's Works --  |t INDEX 
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