Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was a German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist, who contributed to many fields in mathematics and science. His mathematical contributions spanned the branches of number theory, algebra, analysis, geometry, statistics, and probability.
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1982 · United States
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1988 · Spain
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1985 · Israel
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1978 · Germany
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1901–1985 · United States
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1902–1998 · United States
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