Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Göttingen
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1777-04-30
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Brunswick
gptkbp:child gptkb:Eugene_Gauss
gptkb:Immanuel_Gauss
gptkb:Joseph_Gauss
gptkb:Louis_Gauss
gptkb:Therese_Gauss
gptkb:Wilhelmina_Gauss
gptkbp:deathDate 1855-02-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Göttingen
gptkbp:doctoralAdvisor gptkb:Johann_Friedrich_Pfaff
gptkbp:field gptkb:astronomy
gptkb:mathematics
geodesy
physics
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Johann_Carl_Friedrich_Gauss
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Richard_Dedekind
gptkb:Sophie_Germain
gptkb:Bernhard_Riemann
gptkb:Peter_Gustav_Lejeune_Dirichlet
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Isaac_Newton
gptkb:Joseph-Louis_Lagrange
gptkb:Leonhard_Euler
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Gaussian_distribution
gptkb:Gauss's_law
gptkb:fundamental_theorem_of_algebra
gptkb:Gaussian_elimination
magnetism
number theory
least squares method
modular arithmetic
prime number theorem (conjecture)
Gaussian curvature
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Göttingen_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Royal_Swedish_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:German
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Method_of_Least_Squares
gptkb:Disquisitiones_Arithmeticae
gptkb:General_Investigations_of_Curved_Surfaces
gptkb:Theoria_Motus_Corporum_Coelestium
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
astronomer
geodesist
gptkbp:portrait Gauss portrait 1840.jpg
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Albani_Cemetery,_Göttingen
gptkbp:signature Gauss_signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Johanna_Osthoff
gptkb:Minna_Waldeck
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Göttingen_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Stadtfriedhof_Göttingen
gptkb:University_of_Göttingen
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4