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Pierre de Fermat

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Born sometime between 1601 and 1607 and died on 12 Aug 1665, Pierre de Fermat was a French mathematician and lawyer. He is credited with making great contributions to mathematics, ...

Pierre Deligne

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Pierre Deligne, born 3 October 1944, is a highly influential Belgian mathematician. He is most famous for his work on the Weil conjectures, leading finally to a complete proof in ...

Jean Sylvain Bailly

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Jean-Sylvain Bailly (15 September 1736 – 12 November 1793) was a French astronomer, mathematician, freemasons and political leader of the early part of the French Revolution.

Blaise Pascal

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Blaise Pascal (19 June 1623 – 19 August 1662) was a French mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer and Christian philosopher.

Ada Lovelace

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Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), born Augusta Ada Byron and now commonly known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and ...