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[[[> IMG:Fermat.jpg ]]] Pierre de Fermat (1601-1665) Lawyer and amateur mathematician. Tended to claim a lot and prove a little. Regarded as one of the founders of Algebraic Geometry. Best known for Fermat's Last Theorem (proved by Wiles and Wiles/Taylor) but produced Fermat's Little Theorem, which is the basis for most current public key cryptography. ---- One of the Famous People on this site.