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Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855)

Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) is the eponym of all of the topics listed below. There are over 100 topics all named after this German mathematician and scientist, all in the fields of mathematics, physics, and astronomy. The English eponymous adjective Gaussian is pronounced /ˈɡsiən/.[1]

  1. ^ Wells, John (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Pearson Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.

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List of things named after Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) is the eponym of all of the topics listed below. There are over 100 topics all named after this German mathematician...

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Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (German: Gauß [kaʁl ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈɡaʊs] ; Latin: Carolus Fridericus Gauss; 30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician...

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List of scientific laws named after people

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This is a list of scientific laws named after people (eponymous laws). For other lists of eponyms, see eponym. Eponym Fields of science List of eponymous...

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Lists of mathematics topics

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Frobenius List of things named after Carl Friedrich Gauss List of things named after Évariste Galois List of things named after Hermann Grassmann List of things...

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Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel

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ed. (1880): Briefwechsel zwischen Gauss und Bessel. [Correspondence] Leipzig. List of things named after Friedrich Bessel Chisholm 1911. Biermann, Kurt-R...

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List of eponymous laws

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formulated by Carl Friedrich Gauss. See also Gauss's law for gravity, and Gauss's law for magnetism. Gay-Lussac's law: "The pressure of a fixed mass and...

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Bernhard Riemann

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began studying mathematics under Carl Friedrich Gauss (specifically his lectures on the method of least squares). Gauss recommended that Riemann give up...

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Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

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Augustin-Louis Cauchy Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Jacobi logarithm Last geometric statement of Jacobi List of things named after Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi Niels...

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Sophie Germain

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theory was renewed when she read Carl Friedrich Gauss' monumental work Disquisitiones Arithmeticae. After three years of working through the exercises and...

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List of minor planets named after people

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Thiele) 1001 Gaussia (Carl Friedrich Gauss) 1005 Arago (François Arago) 1006 Lagrangea (Joseph-Louis Lagrange) 1552 Bessel (Friedrich Bessel) 1858 Lobachevskij...

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List of scientific units named after people

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galileo (Gal), acceleration – Galileo Galilei gauss (G or Gs), magnetic flux density – Carl Friedrich Gauss gilbert (Gb), magnetomotive force – William...

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Niels Henrik Abel

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Abel said famously of Carl Friedrich Gauss's writing style, "He is like the fox, who effaces his tracks in the sand with his tail." Gauss replied to him by...

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List of scientific equations named after people

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This is a list of scientific equations named after people (eponymous equations). Contents A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y Z See also References...

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Eduard Heine

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the University of Göttingen to attend the mathematics lectures of Carl Friedrich Gauss and Moritz Stern. In 1840 Heine returned to Berlin, where he studied...

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List of German inventors and discoverers

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internal combustion engine) are thought to have been ahead of his time. Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss: German mathematician and physical scientist who contributed...

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Quadratic reciprocity

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referencing the Disquisitiones Arithmeticae are of the form "Gauss, DA, Art. n". Gauss, Carl Friedrich (1986). Disquisitiones Arithemeticae. Translated...

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Astronomical symbols

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Friedrich Gauss. Olbers, having previously discovered and named 2 Pallas, gave Gauss the honor of naming his newest discovery. Gauss decided to name the...

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Scientific phenomena named after people

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Gause's principle – Georgii Gause Gauss's law – Carl Friedrich Gauss Gauss–Bonnet gravity, theorem – Carl Friedrich Gauss and Pierre Ossian Bonnet Geib–Spevack...

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List of German inventions and discoveries

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squares by Carl Friedrich Gauss c. 1810: Gaussian elimination by Carl Friedrich Gauss 1824: Generalization of the Bessel function by Friedrich Bessel 1827:...

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Number theory

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branch of pure mathematics devoted primarily to the study of the integers and arithmetic functions. German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855)...

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List of important publications in mathematics

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not prove. Carl Friedrich Gauss (1799) Gauss' doctoral dissertation, which contained a widely accepted (at the time) but incomplete proof of the fundamental...

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Ionosphere

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physicist Carl Friedrich Gauss postulated that an electrically conducting region of the atmosphere could account for observed variations of Earth's magnetic...

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List of deists

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lawyer Elihu Palmer (1764–1806), American author and advocate of deism Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855), German mathematician and physical scientist who...

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Alexander von Humboldt

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life through the lens of historical fiction, contrasting his character and contributions to science with those of Carl Friedrich Gauss. Werner Herzog portrays...

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1796 in Germany

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Duke of Württemberg (20 May 1795 – 23 December 1797) Landgrave of Hesse-Darmstadt Louis I (6 April 1790 – 14 August 1806) 29 March: Carl Friedrich Gauß determines...

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4 Vesta

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considered to be planets), he gave the honor of naming his new discovery to German mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss, whose orbital calculations had enabled...

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Richard Dedekind

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transferring to the University of Göttingen in 1850. There, Dedekind was taught number theory by professor Moritz Stern. Gauss was still teaching, although...

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