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The Life Of Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss
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Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician, physicist and
astronomer. He is considered to be the greatest mathematician of his time,
equal to the likes of Archimedes and Isaac Newton. He is frequently called
the founder of modern .... Middle of Term Paper
... and his
potential was noticed immediately. He so impressed his teacher Buttner,
and his assistant, Martin Bartels, that they both convinced Gauss's father
that his son should be permitted to study with a view toward entering a
university. Gauss's extraordinary achievement which caused this impression
occurred when he demonstrated his ability to sum the integers from 1 to 100
by spotting that the sum was 50 pairs of numbers each pair summing 101.
In 1788, Gauss began his education at the Gymnasium with the help of
Buttner and Bartels, where he distinguished himself in the ancient
languages of High German and Latin and mathematics. At ... |
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