Sunday, May 3, 2015

  • Gauss's Achievement

    His Written Work:


    Magnetischer Verein Journal- a newspaper informing the public about magnetic currents

    Magnetischer Verein Atlas- a mapping of earth’s magnetic currents

    Intensitas vis Magneticae Terrestris ad Mensuram Absolutam Revocata- paper surrounding the definition of terrestrial magnetism

    Allgemeine Theorie des Erdmagnetismus- paper about the measuring schemes for magnetic force

    Allgemeine Lehrsätze in Beziehung auf die im Verkehrten Verhältnisse des Quadrats der Entfernung wirkenden Anziehungs- und Abstossungskräfte- paper about advanced measuring schemes for magnetic force

    Disquisitiones Generales Circa Superficies Curva- paper discussing different dimensional planes and linear algebra

    Untersuchungen Über Gegenstände der Höheren Geodäsie- book surrounding overall magnetism

    Theoria Attractionis- book surrounding specific aspects of magnetism

    Disquisitiones Generales Circa Seriem Infinitam- paper that focuses on hyper geometric functions

    Methodus Nova Integralium Valores per Approximationem Inveniendi- paper explaining approximate integration

    Theoria Attractionis Corporum Sphaeroidicorum Ellipticorum Homogeneorum Methodus Nova Tractata- book discussing potential theory

    Theoria Motus Corporum Coelestium in Sectionibus Solem Ambientium- a chaptered book describing differential equations, conic sections, elliptic orbits and teaching how to refine the estimation on a planet's orbit

    Disquisitiones Arithmeticae- a piece proving and disproving geometrical factors


    Inventions/Proofs:

    Telegraphic Device- a machine that could broadcast signals up to 5,000 feet in distance

    Hanover Geodesic Survey- mapping of the geographical state of Hanover, Germany

    Discovery of Kirchhoff's laws (law about electric circuits and voltage usage)

    Assistance in the European Geodesic Grid- mapping of the geographical state of Europe

    Heliotrope- device that uses mirrors and a telescope to redirect the sun’s rays to pinpoint chosen locations

    Found Proof That a Non-Euclidean Geometry Can Exist

    Gottingen University Observatory- built this famous observatory in Gottingen, Germany

     Construction Of a Regular 17-gon- drawing a regular 17-gon using simply a compass and a ruler

    Improvements and Re-Discoveries:

    Re-discovery of Bode's Law (an empirical rule given the estimated distance from a planet to the sun)

    Re-discovery of the binomial theorem

    Re-discovery of the arithmetic-geometric mean

    Re-discovery of the quadratic reciprocity

    Re-discovery of the prime number theorem

    Improvement of the Least Squares Approximation Method (to predict a planet’s orbit)

    Polished the fundamental theorem of algebra.


    His fields:
    Classical Languages
    Economics
    Business Informatics
    World History
    Geometry
    Algebra
    Geodesy
    Astronomy
    Geography
    Civil Engineering
    Architecture  

    His Major Awards:
    Copley Medal
    Golden Jubilee Award
    Copenhagen University Award 
    Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize (an award named after him)  
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