When Descartes Challenged Fermat (and Lost)

⬣ LINKS ⬣ ⬡ PATREON: ⬡ CHANNEL: ⬡ WEBSITE: ⬡ SUBREDDIT: How were tangents derived before calculus? And why did Descartes and Fermat, two of history’s more renowned mathematicians, hate each other? Watch to explore their methods to solve the tangent line problem and the origins of their bitter rivalry. Check out my series on building numbers from the ground up: ⬣ TIMESTAMPS ⬣ Intro - 00:00 Descartes and his Circle Method - 03:34 Fermat and his Adequality Method - 15:13 Rivalry - 29:09 Folium of Descartes - 31:26 Conclusion - 42:18 Outro - 46:08 ⬣ CORRECTIONS ⬣ In some sources, “Discourse on Method” is described as a work of three essays. Elsewhere, it is described as the