1. French mathematician who founded number theory; contributed (with Pascal) to the theory of probability (1601-1665); [syn: Fermat, Pierre de Fermat]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Fermat
n 1: French mathematician who founded number theory; contributed
(with Pascal) to the theory of probability (1601-1665)
[syn: Fermat, Pierre de Fermat]