life and success of Gauss

1. GAUSSBy shlk

2. Born on April 30th in
1777 and died on
February 23rd in 1855

3. GAUSS FAMILY

4. PROFESSION

5. ATTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE
1. Any regular polygon with a number
of sides which is a Fermat prime
can be constructed by compass
and straightedge
2. Invented modular arithmetic
3. Proved the quadratic reciprocity
law
4. Discovered that every positive
integer is representable as a sum of
at most three triangular numbers
(with well known word : Heureka! )

6. ATTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE
5. If a random number nearby some large
number N is selected, the chance of it
being prime is about 1 / ln(N), where ln(N)
denotes the natural logarithm of N
6. the construction of a regular 17-gon by
ruler and compasses
7. wrote a book called Disquisitiones
Arithmeticae (1801)- quadratic reciprocity
8. Theoria motus corporum coelestium in
sectionibus conicis solem ambientum
(theory of motion of the celestial bodies
moving in conic sections around the sun).
9. non-Euclidean geometry
10. electromagnetic telegraph

7. HONOURS AWARDED TO
CARL FRIEDRICH GAUSS
Fellow of the Royal Society 1804
Fellow of the Royal Society of
Edinburgh
1820
Royal Society Copley Medal 1838
Lunar features Crater Gauss
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8. OTHER FAMOUS PEOPLE BEFORE
AND AFTER GAUSS

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