The Mathematical Career of Pierre de Fermat, 1601-1665 : : Second Edition / / Michael Sean Mahoney.
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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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018] ©1973 |
| Year of Publication: | 2018 |
| Language: | English |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- PREFACE (1994)
- INTRODUCTION
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- BIBLIOGRAPHICAL ABBREVIATIONS
- CHAPTER I. The Personal Touch
- CHAPTER II. Nullum Non Problema Solvere: Viete's Analytic Program And Its Influence On Fermat
- CHAPTER III. The Royal Road
- CHAPTER IV. Fashioning One's Own Luck
- CHAPTER V. Archimedes and the Theory of Equations
- CHAPTER VI. Between Traditions
- EPILOGUE: Fermat in Retrospect
- APPENDIX I: Sidelights on a Mathematical Career
- APPENDIX II: Bibliographical Essay and Chronological Conspectus of Fermat's Works
- INDEX