Carl F. Gauss was a renowned German mathematician born in 1777 in Brunswick, Germany. He made several important discoveries in mathematics, including developing complex numbers and proving the fundamental theorem of algebra. By age 28, Gauss was famous for his work in fields like statistics, topology, calculus, and physics. He is considered Germany's greatest mathematician for his contributions and child prodigy status, having taught himself to read and count by age 3.

1. Carl F. GaussBy:Chanc’e Moody

2. Who is he?Who is he ? He is Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss or Carl F. Gauss for short.He was born April 10, 1777 in Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick (now Germany). And died 23 Feb 1855 in Göttingen, Hanover (now Germany)Also had a statue mad for him in his home town to keep the memories of him in mind.

3. Where is he from?Johann is from Germany. Born and raised.He lived in Germany for a total of 78 years.He is from a very poor family.April 30, 1777 - February 23, 1855Born: Brunswick, GermanyDied: Göttingen, Germany

4. What did he do?Carl F. Gauss became known by the age of 28Carl Friedrich Gauss was famous for some important discoveries in Mathematics in the field of the complex numbers,(Argand-Gauss plane), in Statistics with his famous Z Distribution, or Normal Distribution who is called as the Gauss Curve. He worked too in Topology of the Complex Functions (Gauss Curvature), in the chapter of series (Gauss Series), in Differential and Integral Calculus with his Gaussian Integration. In Physics he worked with Strogradsky in the field of Electricity, and in Optics.Gauss developed the concept of complex numbers and the University of Helmstedt granted him a PhD in 1799 (age of twenty-two) for his dissertation giving the first proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra. In his dissertation Gauss severely criticized Legendre, Laplace and other major contemporary mathematicians for their lack of rigor. At the age of twenty-four, Gauss published DisquisitionesArithmeticae, his theory of numbers.Gauss also calculated orbits for Ceres and Pallas

5. Why is he important?He was Germany’s Greatest Mathematician.He also was a scientist and a cartographer. A child prodigy, Gauss taught himself to read and count by the age of three.He attended Caroline College from 1792 to 1795 at which time he formulated his famous least squares method (age of seventeen) and a conjecture on the distribution of prime numbers. This conjecture was eventually proven in 1896 by Jacques Hadamard.

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