Fermat

English

Proper noun

Fermat

1. A French surname.

Usage notes

Used in the names of certain concepts in attribution to French mathematician Pierre de Fermat (1607-1665).

Derived terms

• Fermat cubic
• Fermat curve
• Fermat equation
• Fermatian
• Fermat liar
• Fermat number
• Fermat point
• Fermat primality test
• Fermat prime
• Fermat problem
• Fermat pseudoprime
• Fermat quotient
• Fermat's Last Theorem
• Fermat's little theorem
• Fermat's principle
• Fermat's spiral
• Fermat witness
• Pell-Fermat equation

 

Further reading

• List of things named after Pierre de Fermat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia