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Pierre de Fermat

E. Seneta

A chapter in Statisticians of the Centuries, 2001, pp 11-13 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Arguably the greatest French mathematician of the 17th century, Fermat was instrumental in giving impetus, together with Pascal, to the theory of probability.

Keywords: Legal Profession; Scientific Matter; Correct Proportion; Profound Knowledge; Elementary Part (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0179-0_2

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