When1: 1801
When2: 1827
Who: Karl Friedrich Gauss [Gauss, Karl Friedrich]
What: mathematician
Where: Göttingen, Germany
works\ Disquisitions on Arithmetic [1801]; General Investigations of Curved Surfaces [1827]
Detail: He lived 1777 to 1855 and studied Earth magnetic field. In statistics, he developed Gaussian distribution {normal distribution, Gauss}, variance, standard deviation, mean standard error, least-squares method, and regression. In number theory, he worked on analytic number theory, algebraic numbers, complex numbers, hypercomplex numbers, Diophantine analysis, and theory of forms. In geometry, he invented seventeen-sided regular polygons, used substitute parallel axiom for non-Euclidean geometry, and studied curvature, congruence theory, and Gaussian coordinates. In algebra, he invented fundamental theorem of algebra and studied elliptic functions, Gauss characteristic equation, and central limit theorem. In vector theory, he worked with dot product and cross product. In physics, he developed dynamic equations that minimized quantity and Principle of Least Constraint.
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