Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855) was a German mathematician and physicist who worked in number theory, analysis, differential geometry, geodesy, magnetism, astronomy and optics. His contributions were immense.
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is there an online archive of all of Gauss' works?
I found a gem called the Euler Archive and I was looking for similar easy access to Gauss' works but I couldn't find it via google searches so I beseech thee
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Gauss' Theorema Egregium
I am looking for the historical context in which Gauss established its famous Theorema Egregium. Was Gauss studying map projections (a nowadays popular application of the theorem)? Any references are welcome!
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Explanation of a remark of Gauss on exceptional cases of conformal mappings
In his letter to Hansen (december 11, 1825), Gauss responds to several questions asked by Hansen about his recent 1822 publication ("A general solution to the problem of mapping the parts of a given surface onto another surface such that the image…
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