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1 day ago · Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (German: Gauß [kaʁl ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈɡaʊs] ⓘ; Latin: Carolus Fridericus Gauss; 30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist who contributed to many fields in mathematics and science. He ranks among history's most influential mathematicians and has been ...
Apr 30, 2024 · Carl Friedrich Gauss, German mathematician, generally regarded as one of the greatest mathematicians of all time for his contributions to number theory, geometry, probability theory, geodesy, planetary astronomy, the theory of functions, and potential theory (including electromagnetism).
May 1, 2024 · In 1837 Carl Friedrich Gauss and Weber (both noted workers of this period) jointly invented a reflecting galvanometer for telegraph purposes. This was the forerunner of the Thomson reflecting and other exceedingly sensitive galvanometers once used in submarine signaling and still widely employed in electrical measurements.
May 4, 2024 · Gaussian units. Carl Friedrich Gauss. Gaussian units constitute a metric system of physical units. This system is the most common of the several electromagnetic unit systems based on cgs (centimetre–gram–second) units. It is also called the Gaussian unit system, Gaussian-cgs units, or often just cgs units. [a] The term "cgs units" is ...
Apr 15, 2024 · Wilhelm Eduard Weber was a German physicist who, with his friend Carl Friedrich Gauss, investigated terrestrial magnetism and in 1833 devised an electromagnetic telegraph. The magnetic unit, termed a weber, formerly the coulomb, is named after him.
2 days ago · Number theory is the study of properties of the integers. Because of the fundamental nature of the integers in mathematics, and the fundamental nature of mathematics in science, the famous mathematician and physicist Gauss wrote: "Mathematics is the queen of the sciences, and number theory is the queen of mathematics." There are an abundance of simply formulated questions about the ...
Apr 26, 2024 · Gauss’s law, either of two statements describing electric and magnetic fluxes. Gauss’s law for electricity states that the electric flux Φ across any closed surface is proportional to the net electric charge q enclosed by the surface; that is, Φ = q /ε 0, where ε 0 is the electric permittivity of free space and has a value of 8.854 × ...
