Prime Curios!: 1637

1637
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René Descartes introduced the mathematical terms real and imaginary in his work La Géométrie in 1637. [Gevisier]

The number of prime pairs with difference of 88 below 10^8. [Haga]

The year Pierre de Fermat made one of mathematics most historic claims that later came to be known as Fermat's Last Theorem. This is not to be confused with Fermat's little theorem. [Beedassy]

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