A letter-writing friar in Paris linked Europe's sharpest minds, and from the correspondence of Fermat, Pascal, Huygens, and Galileo the mathematics of chance and the deep secrets of whole numbers were born together.
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builds on VIII · Algebra Wars
Mersenne Primes: The Search for Giant Primes
Number Theory
L305
Galileo and Probability: The Dice Problem
Probability
L331
Fermat: The Amateur Who Changed Mathematics
Biography
L340
Fermat's Method of Maxima and Minima
Calculus
L341
Fermat's Little Theorem: A Number Theory Gem
Number Theory
L342
Fermat's Last Theorem: The Margin Was Too Small
Number Theory
L343
The Fermat-Pascal Letters: Probability Is Born
Probability
L344
The Problem of Points: Dividing Unfinished Stakes
Probability
L345
Pascal: The Child Prodigy Who Invented Probability
Biography
L346
Pascal's Triangle: A Universe of Patterns
Combinatorics
L347
The Binomial Theorem via Pascal's Triangle
Algebra
L348
Pascal's Wager: Probability Meets Philosophy
Probability
L349
Huygens: The First Probability Textbook
Probability
L351
Expected Value: What a Bet Is Really Worth
Probability
L352
Cardano's Liber de Ludo Aleae: Gambling and Probability
Probability
L359
Fermat's Method of Descent: Proof by Infinite Regression
Number Theory
L365
Blaise Pascal's Triangle of Arithmetic Powers
Combinatorics
L366
The Problem of Derangements: Nothing in Its Place
Combinatorics
L367
Fermat's Principle of Least Time: Physics from Optimization
Calculus
L376
Probability Before Probability: Gambling Knowledge Before Theory
Probability
L380
Probability from Gambling to Science: A Synthesis
Synthesis
L391
TERRITORY IX
Chains of Correspondence
1560 CE - 1665 CE
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Builds on VIII · Algebra Wars
Mersenne Primes: The Search for Giant Primes
Lesson 305
Galileo and Probability: The Dice Problem
Lesson 331
Fermat: The Amateur Who Changed Mathematics
Lesson 340
Fermat's Method of Maxima and Minima
Lesson 341
Fermat's Little Theorem: A Number Theory Gem
Lesson 342
Fermat's Last Theorem: The Margin Was Too Small
Lesson 343
The Fermat-Pascal Letters: Probability Is Born
Lesson 344
The Problem of Points: Dividing Unfinished Stakes
Lesson 345
Pascal: The Child Prodigy Who Invented Probability
Lesson 346
Pascal's Triangle: A Universe of Patterns
Lesson 347
The Binomial Theorem via Pascal's Triangle
Lesson 348
Pascal's Wager: Probability Meets Philosophy
Lesson 349
Huygens: The First Probability Textbook
Lesson 351
Expected Value: What a Bet Is Really Worth
Lesson 352
Cardano's Liber de Ludo Aleae: Gambling and Probability
Lesson 359
Fermat's Method of Descent: Proof by Infinite Regression
Lesson 365
Blaise Pascal's Triangle of Arithmetic Powers
Lesson 366
The Problem of Derangements: Nothing in Its Place
Lesson 367
Fermat's Principle of Least Time: Physics from Optimization
Lesson 376
Probability Before Probability: Gambling Knowledge Before Theory