Fermat's correspondence with the Paris mathematicians restarted in 1654 when Blaise Pascal, Étienne Pascal 's son, wrote to him to ask for confirmation about his ideas on probability . Blaise Pascal knew of Fermat through his father, who had died three years before, and was well aware of Fermat's outstanding mathematical abilities.
Fermat's correspondence sa Paris mathematicians muling sa 1654 kapag Blaise Pascal, Etienne Pascal 's anak na lalaki, wrote sa kanya upang humingi ng confirmation tungkol sa kanyang mga ideya sa mga bagay na maaaring mangyari.