Pierre de Fermat

Mathematics French 1601 – 1665 270 quotes

Father of modern number theory

Quotes by Pierre de Fermat

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of astronomy by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Copernicus.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of music by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Pythagoras.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of architecture by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Vitruvius.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of painting by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Leonardo da Vinci.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of sculpture by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Michelangelo.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of poetry by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Homer.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of rhetoric by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Cicero.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of logic by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Aristotle.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of metaphysics by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Plato.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of ethics by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Socrates.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of politics by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Machiavelli.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of law by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Justinian.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of theology by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Aquinas.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of medicine by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Hippocrates.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of physics by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Aristotle.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of chemistry by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Geber.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of biology by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Aristotle.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of geology by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Strabo.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of meteorology by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Aristotle.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638

I have discovered a method for solving all problems of geography by means of algebra, which is more general than that of Ptolemy.

Letter to Marin Mersenne, 1638