Comments by "Thomas Morgan" (@mrtthepianoman) on "When Descartes Challenged Fermat (and Lost)" video.

  1. I was unaware of this rivalry. Fun video!
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  2.  @AnotherRoof  I suppose it depends on the nature of the duel. It seems like Descartes strives for loftier mathematical ideals, while Fermat goes for the practical, down and dirty mathematics. It reminds me of the grief pure mathematicians tend to give physicists for their approximations and means of handling infinity... the physicists methods are not as "pure" or "rigorous" as mathematicians would like, but they work! Given the nature of historical mathematical duels, however, I suppose I would have to back Fermat.
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