The Remarkable Life and Legacy of Mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss was a prodigy who made significant contributions to mathematics at a very young age. He famously solved the problem of adding numbers from 1 to 100 quickly by recognizing a pattern. Despite personal tragedies, including the loss of his first wife and child, Gauss continued to excel in his field. His mathematical achievements, multilingual skills, and ability to solve complex geometric problems cemented his place as one of the greatest mathematicians in history.
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In pupils by making them add a list of T he young G auss reputedly produced the correct answer within seconds, to the astonishment of his teacher. G auss' presumed method, which supposes the list of numbers was from 1 to 1 00, was to realise that pairwise addition of terms from opposite ends of the list yielded identical intermediate sums: 1 + 1 00 = 1 01 , 2 + 9 9 = 1 01 , 3 + 9 8 = 1 01 , and so on, for a total sum of 5 0 In primary school pupils by making them add a list of integers T he young G auss reputedly produced the correct answer within seconds, to the astonishment of his teacher. G auss' presumed method, which supposes the list of numbers was from 1 to 1 00, was to realise that pairwise addition of terms from opposite ends of the list yielded identical intermediate sums: 1 + 1 00 = 1 01 , 2 + 9 9 = 1 01 , 3 + 9 8 = 1 01 , and so on, for a total sum of 5 0 1 01 = 5 05 0 primary school his teacher tried to occupy his teacher tried to occupy integers. . 1 01 = 5 05 0
Helped his father with payroll accounts at the age of 3 Remembers he could reckon before he could talk English German Spanish Greek Danish Knew seven languages by the age of 19 Latin French Proved construction of a 17 sided polygon with only a compass and straight edge, thought impossible for 2000 years.
"Ask her to wait a moment - I am almost done. " while working, when informed that his wife is dying. Gauss's personal life was overshadowed by the early death of his first Gauss's personal life was overshadowed by the early death of his first wife, Johanna Osthoff, in 1809, soon followed by the death of one wife, Johanna Osthoff, in 1809, soon followed by the death of one child, Louis. Gauss plunged into a child, Louis. Gauss plunged into a depression depression from which he never fully recovered. He married again, to Johanna's best friend named fully recovered. He married again, to Johanna's best friend named Friederica Wilhelmine Waldeck but commonly known as Minna. This Friederica Wilhelmine Waldeck but commonly known as Minna. This second marriage does not seem to have been very happy as it was second marriage does not seem to have been very happy as it was plagued by Minna's continuous illness. When his second wife died in plagued by Minna's continuous illness. When his second wife died in 1831 after a long illness,one of his daughters, Therese, took over the 1831 after a long illness,one of his daughters, Therese, took over the household and cared for Gauss until the end of his life. household and cared for Gauss until the end of his life. from which he never Gauss had six children with Johanna. Gauss had six children with Johanna. Gauss died in G ttingen, Gauss died in G ttingen, Hannover Germany) in 1855. Germany) in 1855. Hannover (now part of (now part of Lower Saxony Lower Saxony, ,
Gauss wanted a heptadecagon placed on his gravestone, but the carver refused, saying it would look like a circle. The heptadecagon is used as the shape of the pedestal with a statue honoring Gauss in his home town of Braunschweig.
"Normal" Curve used in statistics C C C C C C D D D D B B B B F F A A
His motto was "pauca sed matura" (few but ripe). His diary that covered 20 years of work only contained 19 pages. Gauss was a perfectionist. After his death it was discovered that many discoveries credited to others had first been worked on by Gauss years earlier. Much of his work was never published because he felt it wasn t finished yet.
Triangular Numbers 1 3 6 10 15 This entry from Gauss diary meant that every number could be written as a sum of three or fewer triangular numbers. Eureka (num) = + +
1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28 Triangular Numbers: Number = Sum of 3 or fewer 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Number = Sum of 3 or fewer 37 21 + 15 + 1 6 + 1 6 + 1 + 1 6 + 3
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