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I am called the Prince of Mathematicians. I was born in Germany in 1777. I entered college at the age of 15. I gave the first proof of the theorem of algebra in my doctoral thesis.
You are Skiguy making up facts about yourself? Oh, you mean who are you pretending to be? I get it. ;D 😉 Without looking, I'm not sure about the answer. Work would have likely peaked ~1815 - 1825. Too late of a time period for me to even guess some names. I have been studying Europe during this time period (though in a different discipline) and I still cannot think of anybody.
That is correct, Wally!
Wish I could take some credit, having taught science years ago, but it was a Wiki search.
Well, it was a tough question. I'm guessing Ski is reading about this gent in one of his classes….Ski, could you tell us a short blub about Gauss? I no nothing about the man, although I do recognize his name as being the root for other words.
Pretty much the facts I gave are about all I know. It was a little sidebar in my math book. He “invented” algebraic formulas (I'm guessing he proved quadratic equations) therefore I do not like him. 😀 He also made contributions to astronomy and physics as well as the electronic telegraph.(circa 1830)
