Carl Friedrich Gauss

Introduction

Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician and scientist who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, electrostatics, astronomy and optics.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum (Dunnington, 11-13) (Latin, "the Prince of Mathematicians" or "the foremost of mathematicians") and "greatest mathematician since antiquity," Gauss had a remarkable influence in many fields of mathematics and science and is ranked as one of history's most influential mathematicians. He referred to mathematics as "the queen of sciences."

Gauss was a child prodigy. There are many anecdotes pertaining to his precocity while a ...