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When Sophie Germain was born
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Started working on number theory
the number theory she was inspired by Adrien-Marie Legendre -
Correspondenc with Guass
In 1804 she initiated a correspondence with Gauss under her male pseudonym -
Guass found out her true identity
Gauss only learned of her true identity when Germain, fearing for Gauss’s safety as a result of the French occupation of Hannover in 1807 -
Memoir
In 1811 Germain submitted an anonymous memoir, but the prize was not awarded -
Joseph Fourier
In 1816 Germain met Joseph Fourier, -
Wrote to Guass
Meanwhile Germain had actively revived her interest in number theory and in 1819 wrote to Gauss outlining her strategy for a general solution to Fermat’s last theorem, -
Research
During the 1820s she worked on generalizations of her research -
Prize that She Won
Her third memoir, with which she finally won the prize, treated vibrations of general curved as well as plane surfaces and was published privately in 1821. -
Results
Her result first appeared in 1825 in a supplement to the second edition of Legendre’s Théorie des nombres. -
She died
She died cause of breast cancer -
Proven Theroem
The theorem was proved for all cases by the English mathematician Andrew Wiles in 1995
