In 2006, Gauss, who was under 15 years old, entered Caroline College. At school, he did well in linguistics and mathematics.
65438+ 10 month, 18-year-old Gauss left his hometown and went to the famous University of G? ttingen to study. 1796 On March 30th, Gauss made an important achievement. He successfully made a regular heptagon with compasses and straightedge. This is a famous unsolved problem for more than two thousand years since Euclid. He was very excited, determined to study mathematics, and devoted his life to mathematics, hoping to carve a regular heptagon on his tombstone after his death. To commemorate this discovery, the University of G? ttingen built a memorial statue for Gauss after his death, which is based on a regular heptagon prism.
In, 22-year-old Gauss graduated with honors from the University of G? ttingen, and his graduation thesis first proved an important theorem in mathematics-the basic theorem of algebra. This theorem shows that any unary algebraic equation has at least one root. This theorem guarantees the existence of roots, so it is called "existence theorem". The publication of this paper shocked the European academic circles, and Gauss received his doctorate.
In the year of historic achievement, Gauss published the book Arithmetic Research. European mathematicians highly praised this work, calling it "the greatest expression of human wisdom" after Newton's Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy. 1823, Gauss put forward the surface theory in differential geometry. 1827, he wrote the book "General Research on Surfaces". 183 1 year, Gauss established a complex algebra, and used points on the plane to represent complex numbers, which broke the mystery of complex numbers.
Now, Gauss studies China? Paulie's son? After the publication of Bao Liye's paper "On Euclidean Geometry", he was overjoyed and highly praised Ya? Bao Liye's dazzling brilliance in the article shows that the idea of the article is exactly the same as his own. On this basis, they jointly founded non-Euclidean geometry.
From 18 16, about 10, he was mainly engaged in geodetic theory research and field investigation. 182 1 year, Gauss invented the retroreflector by using the optical principle. In order to process data better, he combined the least square method with probability, and established the theoretical basis of error in data processing, which was published in 182 1.
He wrote this theory as a General Theory of Geomagnetism, which was published in 1839. 1840, he and Weber summarized the observation results, drew the world's first map of the earth's magnetic field, and determined the positions of the geomagnetic south pole and north pole. In magnetism, "Gauss" is used as the unit of magnetic field strength and "Weber" as the unit of magnetic flux, just to commemorate their work.
Gauss is a serious scientist. Always be cautious about scientific career. He is down-to-earth and strives for perfection in his work. Known as the "prince of mathematics", he has made outstanding contributions in astronomy, electromagnetism, optics and geodesy.