Mathematics and Pierre de Fermat

Which of the following subjects was developed more recently compared to geometry and arithmetic?

• Statistics

• Algebra

• Calculus

• Trigonometry

What was Pierre de Fermat's profession?

• Engineer

• Mathematician

• Physicist

• Lawyer

Who independently developed analytic geometry around the same time as Fermat?

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

• Blaise Pascal

• René Descartes

What was the catalyst for Fermat and Pascal's development of probability theory?

• Astronomy

• Economics

• Gambling

• Physics

What is Fermat's Last Theorem about?

• The equation x^n + y^n = z^n having no positive integer solutions for n > 2

• The relationship between prime numbers

• The sum of angles in a triangle

• The calculation of pi