Pierre Fermat's home welcome you...

The French mathematician Pierre de Fermat (Beaumont de Lomagne 1601- Castres 1665) was possibly the most productive mathematician of his era.  He is considered to be one of the 'fathers' of analytic geometry, along with René Descartes.  He is also considered, along with Blaise Pascal, to be one of the founders of probability theory.

Fermat's most important work was done in the development of modern number theory which was one of his favorite areas in Maths. He is best remembered for his number theory, in particular for Fermat's Last Theorem. This theorem states that: xn + yn = zn has no non-zero integer solutions for x, y and z when n is greater than 2. Andrew Wiles, a British-American research mathematician at Priceton University, finally proved Fermat's Last Therorem in 1994.

Fermat's house displays the permanent exhibition "Fermat, enfant de la Lomagne" which lets you discover the life and work of this Mathematical genius.  You can also make some manipulations and solve some puzzles.  In addition, you will see the "Szilassi Heptaedre" sculpture at the entrance of the house.

The role of Fermat-Lomagne Association is to promote a Mathematical culture open to everybody.

• It organises the "Fête à Fermat" every year.
• It offers school groups different activities to discover the exhibition and the bastide.
• It offers several workshops to approach a concrete notion of Mathematics, History and Science.
• School groups can also have fun with some "treasure chases".

Contact
Association Fermat-Lomagne
Maison Fermat
82500 Beaumont de Lomagne
Phone no.: 05.63.26.52.30
Email: fermat.lomagne@wanadoo.fr