In this episode, we cover the history of Pierre de Fermat, a French lawyer and mathematician who was highly influential in the creation of calculus and made substantial contributions to number theory, most notably Fermat's Last Theorem. Considering that mathematics was a hobby for him, he made quite an impact.
As per usual, I don't go too deeply into the mathematics, focusing primarily on the history.
NOTE: the picture used of Roberval around the ~5:00 and ~6:00 marks is actually Lagrange. Sorry about that!
Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OBk9bccZcw2LXTfOaAyL7L9--a_0vHiZoH0aYw-AHAU/edit?usp=sharing
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