Carl Friedrich Gauss: Quick Facts
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| Also Known As | Johann Friedrich Carl Gauss |
|---|---|
| Born | April 30, 1777 • Braunschweig |
| Died | February 23, 1855 (aged 77) • Göttingen • Hanover |
| Awards And Honors | Copley Medal (1838) |
| Inventions | heliotrope • magnetometer |
| Notable Works | “Disquisitiones Arithmeticae” |
| Subjects Of Study | Ceres • asteroid • bell curve • complex number • computation • congruence • electromagnetism • elliptic function • fundamental theorem of algebra • hypergeometric series • orbit • polygon • quadratic reciprocity law • ruler-and-compass construction • least squares method |
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