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    Carl Friedrich Gauss was a prominent German mathematician from 1777-1855 who made major contributions to many areas of mathematics including number theory, geometry, and astronomy. As a child, Gauss demonstrated his mathematical genius by quickly solving a long addition problem. He later discovered that a 17-sided polygon could be constructed with a compass and straightedge. In 1801, Gauss helped locate the planet Ceres using a more accurate orbit model and numerical method. Gauss published the influential book "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae" in 1801 which laid the foundations for modern number theory. He was considered a "Prince of Mathematics" and honored in Germany for his significant advances in math and science.

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    Carl Friedrich Gauss was a prominent German mathematician from 1777-1855 who made major contributions to many areas of mathematics including number theory, geometry, and astronomy. As a child, Gauss demonstrated his mathematical genius by quickly solving a long addition problem. He later discovered that a 17-sided polygon could be constructed with a compass and straightedge. In 1801, Gauss helped locate the planet Ceres using a more accurate orbit model and numerical method. Gauss published the influential book "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae" in 1801 which laid the foundations for modern number theory. He was considered a "Prince of Mathematics" and honored in Germany for his significant advances in math and science.

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    Carl Friedrich Gauss was a prominent German mathematician from 1777-1855 who made major contributions to many areas of mathematics including number theory, geometry, and astronomy. As a child, Gauss demonstrated his mathematical genius by quickly solving a long addition problem. He later discovered that a 17-sided polygon could be constructed with a compass and straightedge. In 1801, Gauss helped locate the planet Ceres using a more accurate orbit model and numerical method. Gauss published the influential book "Disquisitiones Arithmeticae" in 1801 which laid the foundations for modern number theory. He was considered a "Prince of Mathematics" and honored in Germany for his significant advances in math and science.

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    HIstoryofGaussOutline

    KristenNewman
    CT200

    CarlFriedrichGausswasaGermanMathematicianwholivedfrom17771855.Gaussisone
    ofhistorysmostsignificantmathematicians.Hemademajorcontributionsinnumbertheory,
    geometry,statistics,planetaryastronomy,opticsandgeophysics.
    Asthestorygoes,asayoungboybetweentheagesof810,histeacherJ.G.Buttner,triedto
    occupyhisstudentsbymakingthemaddalonglistofintegers.TheyoungGaussreportedly
    producedthecorrectanswerwithinsecondstotheastonishmentofhisteacher.Gausssawthat
    thefirstandlasttermaddedto101,andthen2+99=101and3+98=101,withthepattern
    continuinguntilthemiddletwoterms.Hequicklymultipliedthe50pairsof101togetthesumof
    5050.Thisapproachisthefoundationfortheformulaofthesumofanarithmeticsequence.
    GaussstudiedatGottingenUniversityfrom17951798andlaterspenthislifeworkingthere
    asaprofessorofmathematicsanddirectoroftheobservatory.In1796,atonly19yearsofage,
    Gausshadoneofhisbreakthroughdiscoveries.Hediscoveredthataheptadecagon,a
    17sidedpolygoncouldbeconstructedwithacompassandastraightedge.Thiswasoneofthe
    mostmajoradvancementsinthisfieldsincethetimeoftheGreekmathematicians.
    InJanuary1801,theItalianG.PiazzihadobservedandthenlostanewplanetcalledCeres.
    GausstookonthechallengetorelocateCeres.Hedidsobyusingamoreaccurateorbit
    theory,basedontheellipseinsteadoftheusualcircleandwithanimprovednumericalmethod,
    knownastheleastsquaresmethod.
    AlthoughGausswassuccessfulinseveralfieldsofmathematicsandscience,numbertheory
    washisfavorite.In1801,at24yearsofage,GausspublishedhisbookDisquisitiones
    Arithmeticae,regardedtodayasoneofthemostinfluentialmathematicsbookseverwritten.It
    laidthefoundationforModernNumberTheory.
    OftenreferredtoasthePrinceofMathematics,GausshasbeenhonoredinGermanywith
    hisfaceonthe10DeutschemarknoteandwithamonumentinhishometownofBrunswick,
    Germany.Thepedestalofthemonumentissaidtobeintheshapeofaheptadecagon.
    Gausshadmanyothersignificantcontributionsinthefieldsofmathandscience.Hismotto
    wasPaucasedmatura,whichmeansfewbutripe.Gaussdidnotbelieveinpublishingany
    workthathedidnotdeemperfectandabovecriticism.Becauseofthismotto,many
    unpublishedworksofhiswerefoundwhenhedied.Thisextendedhisinfluenceinmathand
    sciencewellpasthisdeath.

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