1816
This was a very productive year for Carl Friedrich because he was able to finish the building of a new observatory. Not only that but he was also able to finish 3 written pieces: Disquisitiones Generales Circa Seriem Infinitam a treatment of series which introduced hypergeometric function (which is very important to today's geometry), Methodus Nova Integralium Valores per Approximationem Inveniendi a minimalist essay which focused in approximate integration (it's a very important set of method when you have uncomputable integrals) and Theoria Attractionis Corporum Sphaeroidicorum Ellipticorum Homogeneorum Methodus Nova Tractata a work concerned with potential theory which is used even today to help understand electricity, electromagnetism, liquid flow and most importantly gravity.
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