what contribution did pierre fermat bring?
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Famous Fermat contributed to the development of modern calculus. Fermat created the modern theory of numbers. Some of his results were not proved for over a century after his death, and one of them, the Last Theorem, took more than three centuries to prove.\n\nHe also contribute to mathematical physics.
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aryabhatta of india,he also discoved the decimal system-he was a great scientist of his time,most others would say arabs,but they don't know thay arysbhatta taught them.u know that there r 2 numeral systems-roman numerals and arab numerals but u would be surprised that it is actually india who invented the arab system,arabs r given the credit because they taught all our information to europe but said that they invented this system.
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Leonardo Fibonacci was an Italian mathematician who is known for the Fibonacci sequence, which is 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584, 4181, 6765, 10946, and so on.
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This theorem has an amazing number of proofs but this theorem(like many other mathematical concepts) as you said was known way before pythogorean times but only to INDIANS who didnt share it on the global scale!!
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Fermat's Last Theorem states that no integer solution exists for the equation\n\na^n = (b^n) + (c^n)  \n\nwhere n is greater than 2.\n\nYour equation has n = 2, so it does not contradict (or prove) Fermat's last theorem - it is one example of it.
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Take a look at this link. You should find all you need about Fermat Numbers there.
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If you don't count the abacus, which is ancient, then Blaise Pascal invented the first mechanical computation machine in France in 1642. Check it yo!\n\nhttp://www.thocp.net/hardware/pascaline.htm
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It's probably a mistyping of FLT which is shorthand for Fermat's Last Theorem. \n\nFLT states that threre are no integer values a, b, c that are solutions to the equation a^n + b^n = c^n when n > 2.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Wright_%28inventor%29
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Friedrich_Gauss#Commemorations
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haha, thats crazy to ask.\n\nbasically, this was proven by andrew wiles in 1994, and resubmitted after an error was found\n\nhe developed new mathematics that will basically be the foundation of study in the coming century.\n\nthe level of mathematics that would be required to understand the proof most PhD mathematicians dont have.\n\nsorry\nwish i could be more help\nmatttlocke
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My opinion:\nMathematics, as a formal system, is invented in the sense that one starts\nwith a certain set of elements (usually numbers, but not necessarily so) and\ndefines a set of rules regarding various relationships between, and\noperations of, those elements. And you can invent any rules of the game you\ndesire.\n\nMathematics, as a discipline, may be quite a different process. One may\nperceive a certain pattern, regularity, or whatever word you might want to\ndescribe some insight (usually regarding numbers, but not necessarily so)\nand try to "explain" that insight. This process may be quite circuitous, and\n"illogical".\nThere are any number of observations (conjectures) in mathematics that are\nput forward without any proof. Perhaps "Fermat's Last Theorem" is the most\nfamous, but by no means the only, example of something that was found to be\nempirically true for a long time before it was proven in a formal sense.  If\nyou read any of the popular histories of numbers like 'pi' , 'e' , or 'i' it\nwill be clear that there is much more discovery than invention.
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"Descartes's chief contributions to mathematics were his analytical geometry and his theory of vortices, and it is on his researches in connection with the former of these subjects that his mathematical reputation rests. "\nhttp://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Descartes/RouseBall/RB_Descartes.html\n\n\n"The most notable contribution that Descartes made to mathematics was the systematization of analytic geometry (see Geometry: Analytic Geometry). He was the first mathematician to attempt to classify curves according to the types of equations that produce them. He also made contributions to the theory of equations. Descartes was the first to use the last letters of the alphabet to designate unknown quantities and the first letters to designate known ones. He also invented the method of indices (as in x2) to express the powers of numbers. In addition, he formulated the rule, which is known as Descartes's rule of signs, for finding the number of positive and negative roots for any algebraic equation."\nhttp://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761555262/Rene_Descartes.html\n\n\nDescartes made a number of important contributions to mathematics and physics, among the most enduring of which was his foundation (with Galileo) of what is now known as analytic geometry. That is, broadly speaking, the use of geometrical analysis to solve complex algebraic problems, and vice versa. It is difficult to overestimate the importance for the history of mathematical physics of this bringing together of the sciences of geometry and algebra. \nhttp://www.iep.utm.edu/d/descarte.htm\n\n\n" 'This one thing [analytic geometry] is of the highest order of excellence, marked by the sensuous simplicity of the half dozen or so greatest contributions of all time to mathematics. Descartes remade geometry and made modern geometry possible. '(E. T. Bell) \n\nInventor of analytic and coordinate geometry. Cartesian coordinates. "\nhttp://scidiv.bcc.ctc.edu/Math/Descartes.html
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There are lots of them.  The story of Fibonacci numbers is interesting.  Also, some background on the Pythagoreans:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portal:Mathematics
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Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, scientist, and theologian who lived between 1623-1662. In 1645, Pascal invented the first digital calculating machine, making him one of the founding fathers of microcomputer technology. In 1646, he invented the syringe and hydraulic press. \n\nIn 1648, Pascal proved that the level of mercury in a barometer is determined by a change in atmospheric pressure. This led to new insights in the studies of meteorology and fluid dynamics. It also led to Pascal's law, which states that fluids transmit pressure equally in all directions. \n\nThe International Standard (SI) unit for pressure was named after Pascal. Pascal is also honored in having one of the first computer programming languages named after him. \n\nPascal died at 39 years of age from stomach and brain cancer. One of his theological writings, Pensees (Thoughts) is still famous throughout the world.
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Pamanujan was a 20th century mathematician, and Einstein was a physicist, not a mathemtatician.\n\nTypically, the top three are designated as Archimedes, Newton, and Gauss. Archimedes was essentially able to do integral calculus without algebra, invented a way of talking about large numbers, and uniied a great deal of the math at his time.\n\nNewton was involved in inventing calculus, but also contributed to the binomial theorem for non-integer exponents, and had a hand in the calculus of variations.\n\nGauss gave a unified approach to number theory, solved the problem of which polygons are constructible, and laid the foundations of non-euclidean geometry.\n\nRunners up include Euler, Cauchy, and Riemann.
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There are countless such mathematicians. The major ones are Euler and Gauss. Other significant contributions came from al-Khwarizmi, Evariste Galois, and pretty much every major mathematician. See "Men of Mathematics" by E.T. Bell, although it is a bit biased, and "Mathematics and its History" by John Stillwell.