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Named after French mathematician and lawyer Pierre de Fermat (1601–1665) and named after ancient Greek geometer and astronomer Apollonius of Perga (c. 240 BCE–c. 190 BCE).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Named after French mathematician and lawyer Pierre de Fermat (1601–1665) and named after ancient Greek geometer and astronomer Apollonius of Perga (c. 240 BCE–c. 190 BCE).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.