Johann Carl Friedrich Gauß

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Johann_Carl_Friedrich_Gauß

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gptkbp:instanceOf	gptkb:mathematician gptkb:physicist astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater	gptkb:University_of_Göttingen
gptkbp:award	gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate	1777-04-30
gptkbp:birthPlace	gptkb:Brunswick
gptkbp:children	gptkb:Wilhelm_Gauss gptkb:Eugene_Gauss gptkb:Therese_Gauss
gptkbp:deathDate	1855-02-23
gptkbp:deathPlace	gptkb:Göttingen
gptkbp:depictedIn	gptkb:10_Deutsche_Mark_banknote
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor	gptkb:Johann_Friedrich_Pfaff
gptkbp:doctoralStudent	gptkb:Richard_Dedekind gptkb:Moritz_Stern
gptkbp:field	gptkb:astronomy gptkb:mathematics gptkb:optics gptkb:probability_theory analysis differential geometry electromagnetism geodesy number theory physics statistics
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	Johann Carl Friedrich Gauß
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gptkbp:influencedBy	gptkb:Isaac_Newton gptkb:Joseph-Louis_Lagrange gptkb:Leonhard_Euler gptkb:Pierre-Simon_Laplace
gptkbp:knownFor	gptkb:Gaussian_distribution gptkb:fundamental_theorem_of_algebra gptkb:Gaussian_elimination geodesy magnetism number theory disquisitiones arithmeticae least squares method modular arithmetic prime number theorem (conjecture) Gaussian curvature
gptkbp:language	gptkb:German
gptkbp:memberOf	gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences gptkb:Göttingen_Academy_of_Sciences gptkb:Royal_Society gptkb:Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality	gptkb:German
gptkbp:notableWork	gptkb:Disquisitiones_Arithmeticae gptkb:General_Investigations_of_Curved_Surfaces gptkb:Theoria_Combinationis_Observationum_Erroribus_Minimis_Obnoxiae gptkb:Theoria_Motus_Corporum_Coelestium
gptkbp:portrait	Gauss_1840_by_Jensen.jpg
gptkbp:restingPlace	gptkb:Albani_Cemetery,_Göttingen
gptkbp:signature	Gauss_signature.svg
gptkbp:signatureYear	1840
gptkbp:spouse	gptkb:Johanna_Osthoff gptkb:Minna_Waldeck
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