Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) is the

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of all of the topics listed below. There are over 100 topics all named after this German mathematician and scientist, all in the fields of mathematics, physics, and astronomy. The English eponymous adjective ''Gaussian'' is pronounced .

Mathematics

Algebra Algebra () is one of the broad areas of mathematics. Roughly speaking, algebra is the study of mathematical symbols and the rules for manipulating these symbols in formulas; it is a unifying thread of almost all of mathematics. Elementary a ...
and
linear algebra Linear algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning linear equations such as: :a_1x_1+\cdots +a_nx_n=b, linear maps such as: :(x_1, \ldots, x_n) \mapsto a_1x_1+\cdots +a_nx_n, and their representations in vector spaces and through matrices. ...

Geometry and
differential geometry Differential geometry is a mathematical discipline that studies the geometry of smooth shapes and smooth spaces, otherwise known as smooth manifolds. It uses the techniques of differential calculus, integral calculus, linear algebra and multili ...

Number theory

Cyclotomic fields

* Gaussian period * Gaussian rational * Gauss sum, an exponential sum over Dirichlet characters **

Elliptic Gauss sum In mathematics, an elliptic Gauss sum is an analog of a Gauss sum depending on an elliptic curve with complex multiplication. The quadratic residue symbol in a Gauss sum is replaced by a higher residue symbol such as a cubic or quartic residue sym ...

, an analog of a Gauss sum ** Quadratic Gauss sum

Analysis, numerical analysis, vector calculus and
calculus of variations The calculus of variations (or Variational Calculus) is a field of mathematical analysis that uses variations, which are small changes in functions and functionals, to find maxima and minima of functionals: mappings from a set of functions t ...

Complex analysis Complex analysis, traditionally known as the theory of functions of a complex variable, is the branch of mathematical analysis that investigates Function (mathematics), functions of complex numbers. It is helpful in many branches of mathemati ...
and convex analysis

* Gauss–Lucas theorem * Gauss's continued fraction, an analytic continued fraction derived from the hypergeometric functions * Gauss's criterion – described o
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* Gauss's hypergeometric theorem, an identity on hypergeometric series *

Gauss plane In mathematics, the complex plane is the plane formed by the complex numbers, with a Cartesian coordinate system such that the -axis, called the real axis, is formed by the real numbers, and the -axis, called the imaginary axis, is formed by the ...

Statistics

* Gauss–Kuzmin distribution, a discrete probability distribution * Gauss–Markov process * Gauss–Markov theorem * Gaussian copula * Gaussian measure ** Gaussian correlation inequality **

Gaussian isoperimetric inequality In mathematics, the Gaussian isoperimetric inequality, proved by Boris Tsirelson and Vladimir Sudakov, and later independently by Christer Borell, states that among all sets of given Gaussian measure in the ''n''-dimensional Euclidean space, half-s ...

* Gauss's inequality

Gaussian function and topics named for it

Knot theory

Gauss code Gauss notation (also known as a Gauss code or Gauss word) is a notation for mathematical knots. It is created by enumerating and classifying the crossings of an embedding of the knot in a plane. It is named for the mathematician Carl Friedrich Gaus ...

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Gauss linking integral In mathematics, the linking number is a numerical invariant that describes the linking of two closed curves in three-dimensional space. Intuitively, the linking number represents the number of times that each curve winds around the other. In ...

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knot theory In the mathematical field of topology, knot theory is the study of knot (mathematics), mathematical knots. While inspired by knots which appear in daily life, such as those in shoelaces and rope, a mathematical knot differs in that the ends are ...

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Other mathematical areas

* Gauss's algorithm for determination of the day of the week *

Gauss's Easter algorithm As a moveable feast, the date of Easter is determined in each year through a calculation known as (). Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the Paschal full moon, which is the first full moon on or after 21 March (a fixed approxi ...

* Gaussian bracket – described o
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*Gaussian's modular arithmetic * Gaussian integer, usually written as :* Gaussian prime * Gaussian logarithms (also known as addition and subtraction logarithms)

Cartography

* Gauss–Krüger coordinate system *

Gaussian grid A Gaussian grid is used in the earth sciences as a gridded horizontal coordinate system for scientific modeling on a sphere (i.e., the approximate shape of the Earth). The grid is rectangular, with a set number of orthogonal coordinates (usually ...

Physics

Gaussian optics Gaussian optics is a technique in geometrical optics that describes the behaviour of light rays in optical systems by using the paraxial approximation, in which only rays which make small angles with the optical axis of the system are considered. ...

Classical mechanics

* Gauss's principle of least constraint *For orbit determination in orbital mechanics: ** Gauss's law for gravity ** Gaussian gravitational constant ** Gaussian year

Quantum mechanics

* Gaussian orbital

Electromagnetism

* gauss, the CGS unit for

magnetic field A magnetic field is a vector field that describes the magnetic influence on moving electric charges, electric currents, and magnetic materials. A moving charge in a magnetic field experiences a force perpendicular to its own velocity and to ...

* Degaussing, to demagnetize an object *

Gauss rifle A coilgun, also known as a Gauss rifle, is a type of mass driver consisting of one or more coils used as electromagnets in the configuration of a linear motor that accelerate a ferromagnetic or conducting projectile to high velocity. In alm ...

or coilgun * Gauss's law for magnetism * Gaussian surface ** Gauss's law, giving the relationship between

flux Flux describes any effect that appears to pass or travel (whether it actually moves or not) through a surface or substance. Flux is a concept in applied mathematics and vector calculus which has many applications to physics. For transport ph ...

through a closed surface and the enclosed source

Awards and recognitions

* Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize, a mathematics award * Gauss Lectureship, a mathematical distinction * The Gauss Mathematics Competition in Canadian junior high schools, an annual national mathematics competition administered by the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing

Place names and expedition named in his honour

Braunschweig Gaussberg von Suedwesten (2011)

Institutions named in his honour

* The Carl-Friedrich-Gauss School for Mathematics, Computer Science, Business Administration, Economics, and Social Sciences of Braunschweig University of Technology * The Carl-Friedrich-Gauss Gymnasium (a school for grades 5–13) in Worms, Germany

Other things named for him

160px, Gaussia maya * '' Gaussia'', a palm genus described by Hermann Wendland with the then new species '' Gaussia princeps'', collected by Charles Wright in western Cuba. Named in “memoriam astronomi Caroli Friderici Gauss”.Wendland, H., 1865. Ueber die neue Palmengatung Gaussia. Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 1865. * '' Gaussia'', a genus of

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s * Gaussian, a computational chemistry software program * GAUSS, a matrix programming language for mathematics and statistics

References

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