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Deutsch: Johann Carl Friedrich Gauß (* 30. April 1777 in Braunschweig, † 23. Februar 1855 in Göttingen) war ein deutscher Mathematiker, Astronom, Geodät und Physiker.

English: Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (30 April 1777 in Brunswick – 23 February 1855 in Göttingen) was a German mathematician, astronomer and physicist.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)

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Carl Friedrich Gauß

Date of birth

30 April 1777
Brunswick (Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Holy Roman Empire)
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauß

Date of death

23 February 1855
Göttingen (Kingdom of Hanover, German Confederation)

Place of burial

Albanifriedhof (51°31′54.509″N 9°56′30.613″E)

Country of citizenship

Residence

Educated at

Doctoral advisor

Johann Friedrich Pfaff (Demonstratio nova theorematis omnem functionem algebraicam rationalem integram unius variabilis in factores reales primi vel secundi gradus resolvi posse, University of Helmstedt, 1799)

Doctoral student

Friedrich Bessel (1810)
Richard Dedekind (1862)
Bernhard Riemann (1851)
Heinrich Christian Schumacher (1806)
Christian Ludwig Gerling (1812)
Johann Benedict Listing (1832)
Karl Georg Christian von Staudt (1822)
Moritz Ludwig George Wichmann (1843)
Sophie Germain
Moritz Abraham Stern
Friedrich Wilhelm Spehr
Karl Heinrich Gräffe
Ernst Friedrich Wilhelm Klinkerfues
Johann Franz Encke (unknown value)

Occupation

Employer

University of Göttingen

Member of

Royal Society (1804–)
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Göttingen Academy of Sciences
Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Russian Academy of Sciences
Royal Prussian Academy of Sciences
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Accademia Nazionale delle Scienze detta dei XL
Academy of Sciences of Turin (1833–)

Field of work

number theory
algebra
mathematical analysis
differential geometry
electrostatics
optics
mathematics
mechanics
astronomy
geodesy
physics
electromagnetism

Father

Gebhard Dietrich Gauss

Mother

Dorthea Benze

Child

Spouse

Friederica Wilhelmine Waldeck
Johanna Osthoff

Notable work

Gauss–Seidel method
Gauss's law
Gauss's law for magnetism
Gauss's law for gravity
gauss
normal distribution

Award received

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Carl Friedrich Gauß, article in German wikipedia, version 17th June 2005)^ⓘ - 16:13 min (9,8 MB) (in Deutsch)
Carl Friedrich Gauß, name pronunciation^ⓘ - 00:02 min (25 kB)

Carl Friedrich Gauss
Gauss-Weber-Monument, Göttingen
Gauss-Weber-Monument, Göttingen
Gauss-Weber-Monument, Göttingen
Gauß-Weber-Monument
Gauß-Weber-Monument
Gauss House 1796 - 1798, Göttingen
Grave of Gauß
Grave of Gauß
Siegfried Detlev Bendixen: Gauß 1828
Squiggled signature of Gauß of about 1794
Carl Friedrich Gauß printed on German 10 DM banknote
German stamp, 100 jears of death
Deutsch: Gedenktafel auf dem Brocken
English: Memorial tablet on the Brocken
Gauß-Stein auf dem Wilseder Berg