[HM] Fermat's early education

Jim Propp (propp@math.mit.edu)
Tue, 15 Dec 1998 13:05:22 -0500 (EST)

Is it true that Fermat is known (or believed) to have been educated at home
during his early years?

I saw this alleged on a gigantic timeline-of-mathematics poster at a science
museum, but I have not seen this alleged in print.

Jim Propp
Department of Mathematics
University of Wisconsin