Pierre de Fermat Quotes

It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.
Pierre de Fermat

Power, Two, Impossible

I will share all of this with you whenever you wish.
Pierre de Fermat

Wish, Share, Whenever

And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything.
Pierre de Fermat

Everything, Perhaps, Thank

I am more exempt and more distant than any man in the world.
Pierre de Fermat

Distant, Exempt

But it is impossible to divide a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into fourth powers, or generally any power beyond the square into like powers; of this I have found a remarkable demonstration. This margin is too narrow to contain it.
Pierre de Fermat

Power, Two, Impossible

I have found a very great number of exceedingly beautiful theorems.
Pierre de Fermat

Great, Beautiful, Found

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Biography

Nationality: French

Type: Lawyer

Born: August 20, 1601

Died: January 12, 1655

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