L. Gauss

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Göttingen
gptkbp:award gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1777-04-30
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Brunswick,_Duchy_of_Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel,_Holy_Roman_Empire
gptkbp:children gptkb:Wilhelm_Gauss
gptkb:Eugene_Gauss
gptkb:Joseph_Gauss
gptkbp:deathDate 1855-02-23
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Göttingen,_Kingdom_of_Hanover
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 L. Gauss
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Richard_Dedekind
gptkb:Sophie_Germain
gptkb:Bernhard_Riemann
gptkb:Peter_Gustav_Lejeune_Dirichlet
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Joseph-Louis_Lagrange
gptkb:Leonhard_Euler
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Gaussian_distribution
gptkb:Gauss's_law
gptkb:fundamental_theorem_of_algebra
gptkb:Gaussian_elimination
geodesy
magnetism
number theory
Gaussian integers
disquisitiones arithmeticae
least squares method
modular arithmetic
prime number theorem (conjecture)
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkb:Göttingen_Academy_of_Sciences_and_Humanities
gptkb:Royal_Society
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:occupation gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:physicist
astronomer
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Albani_Cemetery,_Göttingen
gptkbp:signature Carl Friedrich Gauss signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Johanna_Osthoff
gptkb:Minna_Waldeck
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Gauss_L
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7