The author of Inquiry into Arithmetic is Gauss. 180 1 year, Gauss's masterpiece Arithmetic Research was published. Arithmetic research is written in Latin. This book was written on the eve of graduation from Gauss University, and it took three years before and after. 1800, Gauss sent the manuscript to the French Academy of Sciences, requesting publication, but it was rejected, so Gauss had to publish it with his own funds.

Introduction of Gauss Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (1April 30th, 777-1February 23rd, 855) is a famous German mathematician, physicist, astronomer, geometer and geodesist, and graduated from Caroline College (now Brunswick Polytechnic University).

Gauss was born in Brunswick. 1796, Gauss proved that the ruler can be a regular heptagon. 1807, Gauss became a professor at the University of G? ttingen and director of the G? ttingen Observatory. During the period of1818-1826, the geodetic work in hanover principality was mainly Gaussian. 1840, gauss and Weber drew the world's first map of the earth's magnetic field.

Gauss is considered as one of the most important mathematicians in the world and enjoys the reputation of "prince of mathematics".