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A Mathematical Tragedy

Sophie Germain had a bold program to prove Fermat's Last Theorem

By Julie Rehmeyer

- More than 2 years ago

This is part two of a two-part series. Part I: “An Attack on Fermat” is available at About Time.

Sophie Germain (1776–1831) was the first woman known to have discovered significant mathematical theorems.
Sophie Germain corresponded for four years with Carl Friedrich Gauss, one of the greatest mathematicians of all time.