Fermat
English
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈfɜːmæt/, /ˈfeːmɐː/
- (Standard Southern British) IPA(key): /ˈfɜːmæt/, /ˈfɛːmɑː/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈfɜɹmæt/, /ˈfɜɹmɑ/, /ˈfɛɹmɑ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Proper noun
Fermat
- 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-Torricelli point
- Fermat witness
- Pell-Fermat equation
Further reading
- List of things named after Pierre de Fermat on Wikipedia.Wikipedia