Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss; Latin: Carolus Fridericus Gauss)was a German mathematician who contributed significantly to many fields, including number theory, algebra, statistics, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, geophysics, mechanics, electrostatics, astronomy, matrix theory, and optics...
NationalityGerman
ProfessionMathematician
Date of Birth30 April 1777
CountryGermany
shoulders programming mathematician
Mathematicians stand on each other's shoulders.
queens numbers firsts
Mathematics is the queen of the sciences and arithmetic [number theory] is the queen of mathematics. She often condescends to render service to astronomy and other natural sciences, but in all relations, she is entitled to first rank.
math ties interesting
The higher arithmetic presents us with an inexhaustible store of interesting truths - of truths, too, which are not isolated, but stand in a close internal connection, and between which, as our knowledge increases, we are continually discovering new and sometimes wholly unexpected ties.
numbers important problem
The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic.
sublime enchanting charm
The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it.
science three newton
There have been only three epoch-making mathematicians, Archimedes, Newton, and Eisenstein.
time writing math
You know that I write slowly. This is chiefly because I am never satisfied until I have said as much as possible in a few words, and writing briefly takes far more time than writing at length.
response experiments theorems
Response, when asked how he came upon his theorems.
mathematics mathematical possession
It is not knowledge, but the act of learning, not possession but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.
spring clothes brilliant
Life stands before me like an eternal spring with new and brilliant clothes.
iron practice theory
Theory attracts practice as the magnet attracts iron.
infinite
The Infinite is only a manner of speaking.
science ideas may
I have the vagary of taking a lively interest in mathematical subjects only where I may anticipate ingenious association of ideas and results recommending themselves by elegance or generality.
loyalty jobs sacrifice
With a thousand joys I would accept a nonacademic job for which industriousness, accuracy, loyalty, and such are sufficient without specialized knowledge, and which would give a comfortable living and sufficient leisure, in order to sacrifice to my gods [mathematical research]. For example, I hope to get the editting of the census, the birth and death lists in local districts, not as a job, but for my pleasure and satisfaction...