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Letter "P" » Pierre de Fermat Quotes
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«I have found a very great number of exceedingly beautiful theorems.»
Author: Pierre de Fermat
(Mathematician)
«It is impossible for any number which is a power greater than the second to be written as a sum of two like powers. I have a truly marvelous demonstration of this proposition which this margin is too narrow to contain.»
Author: Pierre de Fermat
(Mathematician)
«And perhaps, posterity will thank me for having shown it that the ancients did not know everything.»
«But it is impossible to divide a cube into two cubes, or a fourth power into fourth powers, or generally any power beyond the square into like powers; of this I have found a remarkable demonstration. This margin is too narrow to contain it.»
Author: Pierre de Fermat
(Mathematician)
«I have discovered a truly remarkable proof which this margin is too small to contain.»
Author: Pierre de Fermat
(Mathematician)
«To divide a cube into two other cubes, a fourth power or in general any power whatever into two powers of the same denomination above the second is impossible, and I have assuredly found an admirable proof of this, but the margin is too narrow to contain it.»
Author: Pierre de Fermat
(Mathematician)
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