Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (30 April 1777 – 23 February
1855) was a German mathematician and physicist who made significant
contributions to many fields in mathematics and science.Sometimes
referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum (Latin for 'the foremost of
mathematicians')and "the greatest mathematician since antiquity", Gauss
had an exceptional influence in many fields of mathematics and science;
he is ranked among history's most influential mathematicians.
On
30 March 1796 he discovered a construction of the heptadecagon, advanced
modular arithmetic, found the first proof of the quadratic reciprocity
law, and dealt with the prime number theorem.
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