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Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist who contributed to many fields in mathematics and science. He ranks among history's most influential mathematicians and has been referred to as the "Prince of Mathematicians". He was director of the Göttingen … See more
Youth and education
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was born on 30 April 1777 in Brunswick (Braunschweig) in the Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (now … See moreSeveral stories of his early genius have been reported. Carl Friedrich Gauss' mother had never recorded the date of his birth, remembering only that he had been born on a … See more
Algebra and number theory
Fundamental theorem of algebra
In his doctoral thesis from 1799, Gauss proved the See moreThe first membership of a scientific society was given to Gauss in 1802 by the Russian Academy of Sciences. Further memberships … See more
Mathematics and astronomy
• 1799: Demonstratio nova theorematis omnem functionem algebraicam rationalem integram … See moreWikipedia text under CC-BY-SA license Paul Cézanne - Wikipedia