Karl Friedrich Gauss,
king of math
The German mathematician, physicist, astronomer, surveyor Friedrich Gauss is considered one of the most influential mathematicians of all time, for which he was named king of mathematics.
Already in childhood, Karl Friedrich proved himself as a child prodigy. They said about him that he had learned to count before speaking, and at the age of three he had already begun to read and write. The story is told that once the boy’s father aloud calculated the salary of the employees, making a mistake, and the three-year-old Karl Friedrich corrected his father.
The teacher immediately noticed the boy’s talents and advised him to continue his studies. After college, the future mathematician enters the University of Gottingen.At the age of 18, he made an incredible discovery that concerned the seventeenthagon and its properties. Such great discoveries in mathematics have not been since the days of the ancient Greeks.
Dr. Karl Friedrich Gauss received his degree in 1799 at the University of Helmstedt.
In 1801, the first great work of the scientist Arithmetic Research was published, which for many years determined the subsequent development of two important branches of mathematics: number theory and higher algebra. Gauss derived the basic theory of algebra. In the field of applied mathematics, he not only received a number of important results, but also created a new direction in this science.
In 1805, Gauss marries Johann Osthof, but after a few years, his wife dies due to postpartum complications. A month later, a newborn son dies ...
Over time, the scientist marries a second time on Wilhelmine Waldeck, who was the daughter of a professor. The couple had two sons: Eugene and Wilhelm, but the second wife also died after a serious illness.
Karl Friedrich Gauss actually created higher geodesy, the foundations of which are outlined in the work "Studies on the subjects of higher geodesy."
Karl Friedrich Gauss was a very reserved person and led a lonely lifestyle. One of the biographers said: "His loneliness and dislike of research have delayed the development of mathematics by at least 50 years."
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