CARL FREDERICK GUASS
in number theory obtained by legendary
mathematicians such as Fermat, Euler, Lagrange,
Carl Friedrich Gauss and Legendre.
(1777-1855) is
Biomeds owe Carl Gauss gratitude for his
considered to be the discoveries because the healthcare community most
greatest German
likely would not have had a definitive way to
mathematician of the perform Gaussian field line analysis
nineteenth century
and was called the
"prince of
mathematics.".
Gauss was born in
Brunswick,
Germany, on April
30, 1777, to working-class parents. His father was a
gardener and brick-layer and was an honest man.
While, Gauss' mother and uncle, Friedrich,
recognized Carl's genius intelligence early on.
At age 10, Gauss exhibited his skills as a math
prodigy when the schoolmaster gave the following
assignment: "Write down all the whole numbers
from 1 to 100 and add up their sum." When each
student finished, he was to bring his slate forward
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