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Happy Birthday, Karl Friedrich Gauss!
Happy Birthday, Karl Friedrich Gauss!

Happy Birthday, Karl Friedrich Gauss!

Today, April 30, is the birthday of one of the greatest mathematicians of all time: Karl Friedrich Gauss!!

Gauss was

a German mathematician and physical scientist who contributed significantly to many fields,  including number theory,  algebra,  statistics,  analysis,  differential geometry,  geodesy,  geophysics,  electrostatics,  astronomy and optics. Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum (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”. (From the Wikipedia entry on Gauss.)


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