Named after states whose name a theorem actually carries, which is not always the person who proved it. Wikipedia notes the proposition "was first stated as a theorem by Pierre de Fermat around 1637 in the margin of a copy of Arithmetica," 358 years before anyone could prove it. This dimension separates a theorem's namesake from whoever eventually supplied the proof.
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1. Mathematical Logic (Wikipedia)
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Mathematical logic emerged in the mid-19th century as a subfield of mathematics, reflecting the confluence of two traditions: formal philosophical logic and mathematics.
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