Associations to the word «Fermat»

Wiktionary

FERMAT PRIME, noun. (number theory) A prime number which is one more than a power of two.
FERMAT PRIMES, noun. Plural of Fermat prime

Dictionary definition

FERMAT, noun. French mathematician who founded number theory; contributed (with Pascal) to the theory of probability (1601-1665).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats