5. Biography
He was born on April 30th, 1777 in Brunswick
His mother was illiterate woman and never
recorded his date of birth.
He invented the method for calculating the
birth date.
6. Content
At the age of 8 , he figure out to add up
numbers from 1 to 100.
His “ magnum opus disquistiones
Arithmaticae “ was not published in his life
due to his poor financial conditions
7. Contributions In Different
Fields of Mathematics
Gauss’s intellectual abilities attracted the
attention of the Duke of Brunswick
He shows that regular polygon can be
constructed by compass and straightedge
Major discovery that he solved the
construction problem.
8. Cont….
This discovery ultimately led Gauss to
chooses mathematics as a career.
Gauss was so pleased with this discovery that
he requested that a regular heptadecagon be
inscribed on his tomb stone.
The year 1796 was most productive for both
Gauss and the number theory . On march
30th, he discovered the construction of hepta
decagon.
9. Cont….
He further advanced modular arithmetic,
greatly simplifying the manipulations in the
number theory.
On august 8th, he became first to prove the
quadratic reciprocity law.
The prime number theorem conjectured by
him on May 31st , gives a good understanding
of how the prime numbers are distributed
among integers.
10. Cont….
On July 10th , Gauss also discovered that every
positive integer is represent able as a sum of
most three triangular numbers.
On Oct 1st , he published a result of
polynomials with coefficients in finite field
which 150 years later led to wel conjecture
In 1801, Gauss announced that he had
calculated the orbit of an asteriod named
ceies.
11. Later Years
Magnetism
Worked with a physics professor “Wihelm
Weber “
Developed the concepts of magnetism
Discovered the Kirchhoff's circuit laws
Construct the first electromechanical
telegraph
Founded the magnetischer verein
12. Last Years
At 62, he taught himself Russian
Published his influential “ Diophriscle Unters “
Became a member of Royal Institute of
Netherlands.
In 1851, he joined the foreign ministry
13. Death
In the year 1855 , Carl friedrich Gauss died
from a heart attack