Carl Friedrich Gauss was born on April 30, 1777 in the city of Brunswick, Germany. source
Carl Friedrich Gauss was born on April 30, 1777 in the city of Brunswick, Germany.
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician. source
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician.
Carl Friedrich Gauss contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, algebra, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, mechanics, electrostatics, astronomy, matrix theory, and optics. source
Carl Friedrich Gauss contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, algebra, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, mechanics, electrostatics, astronomy, matrix theory, and optics.
Carl Friedrich Gauss was a child prodigy. A contested story relates that, when he was eight, he figured out how to add up all the numbers from 1 to 100. source
Carl Friedrich Gauss was a child prodigy. A contested story relates that, when he was eight, he figured out how to add up all the numbers from 1 to 100.
Carl Friedrich Gauss's mother was illiterate and never recorded the date of his birth, remembering only that he had been born on a Wednesday, eight days before the Feast of the Ascension, which itself occurs 39 days after Easter. source
Carl Friedrich Gauss's mother was illiterate and never recorded the date of his birth, remembering only that he had been born on a Wednesday, eight days before the Feast of the Ascension, which itself occurs 39 days after Easter.
Carl Friedrich Gauss later solved this puzzle about his birthdate in the context of finding the date of Easter, deriving methods to compute the date in both past and future years. source
Carl Friedrich Gauss later solved this puzzle about his birthdate in the context of finding the date of Easter, deriving methods to compute the date in both past and future years.
Carl Friedrich Gauss was christened and confirmed in a church near the school he attended as a child. source
Carl Friedrich Gauss was christened and confirmed in a church near the school he attended as a child.
Carl Friedrich Gauss's intellectual abilities attracted the attention of the Duke of Brunswick, who sent him to the Collegium Carolinum, which he attended from 1792 to 1795, and to the University of Göttingen from 1795 to 1798. source
Carl Friedrich Gauss's intellectual abilities attracted the attention of the Duke of Brunswick, who sent him to the Collegium Carolinum, which he attended from 1792 to 1795, and to the University of Göttingen from 1795 to 1798.
While at university, Carl Friedrich Gauss independently rediscovered several important theorems. source
While at university, Carl Friedrich Gauss independently rediscovered several important theorems.
Carl Friedrich Gauss's breakthrough occurred in 1796 when he showed that a regular polygon can be constructed by compass and straightedge if and only if the number of sides is the product of distinct Fermat primes and a power of 2. source
Carl Friedrich Gauss's breakthrough occurred in 1796 when he showed that a regular polygon can be constructed by compass and straightedge if and only if the number of sides is the product of distinct Fermat primes and a power of 2.
The year 1796 was most productive for both Carl Friedrich Gauss and number theory. He discovered a construction of the heptadecagon on 30 March. source
The year 1796 was most productive for both Carl Friedrich Gauss and number theory. He discovered a construction of the heptadecagon on 30 March.
Carl Friedrich Gauss also discovered that every positive integer is representable as a sum of at most three triangular numbers on 10 July and then jotted down in his diary the note: "ΕΥΡΗΚΑ! num = Δ + Δ' + Δ". source
Carl Friedrich Gauss also discovered that every positive integer is representable as a sum of at most three triangular numbers on 10 July and then jotted down in his diary the note: "ΕΥΡΗΚΑ! num = Δ + Δ' + Δ".
On October 1 Carl Friedrich Gauss published a result on the number of solutions of polynomials with coefficients in finite fields, which 150 years later led to the Weil conjectures. source
On October 1 Carl Friedrich Gauss published a result on the number of solutions of polynomials with coefficients in finite fields, which 150 years later led to the Weil conjectures.
Carl Friedrich Gauss married twice. In October 1805, aged 28, he married Johanna Osthoff. In October 1810, Gauss married Johanna’s best friend Wilhelmina. source
Carl Friedrich Gauss married twice. In October 1805, aged 28, he married Johanna Osthoff. In October 1810, Gauss married Johanna’s best friend Wilhelmina.
Carl Friedrich Gauss died peacefully in his sleep in Göttingen on February 23, 1855. He was 77 years old. source
Carl Friedrich Gauss died peacefully in his sleep in Göttingen on February 23, 1855. He was 77 years old.
In 1845, Carl Friedrich Gauss became associated member of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands; when that became the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1851, he joined as a foreign member. source
In 1845, Carl Friedrich Gauss became associated member of the Royal Institute of the Netherlands; when that became the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1851, he joined as a foreign member.
