Further, the dignity of the... by Carl Friedrich Gauss, a German Mathematician

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“Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be explored for the solution of a problem so elegant and so celebrated.”

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Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Name: Carl Friedrich Gauss

Nationality: German

Date of Birth: Apr 30, 1777

Date of Death: Feb 23, 1855

Profession: Mathematician

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