Excerpt from Les Origines de la Statique, Vol. 2
Les conséquences visiblement inadmissibles que Fermat déduisit de cette proposition erronée purent seules en amener la ruine, tandis que les corollaires utiles que l'on en avait déduits prenaient enfin une forme correcte.
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