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List of things named after Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855)

Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) is the eponym of all of the topics listed below. There are over 100 topics all named after this German mathematician and scientist, all in the fields of mathematics, physics, and astronomy. The English eponymous adjective Gaussian is pronounced /ˈɡsiən/.[1]

Mathematics

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Various Gaussian curvatures
Gauss map
Gaussian moat
Comparison between 2-point Gaussian and trapezoidal quadrature.
Comparison between 2-point Gaussian and trapezoidal quadrature.

Statistics

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Gaussian copula

Gaussian function and topics named for it

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Gaussian curve with a 2-dimensional domain

Knot theory

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Linking integral

Other mathematical areas

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NCEP T62 Gaussian grid points
Gaussian grid points

Physics

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Gauss rifle

Awards and recognitions

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Other things named for him

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Biology

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Gaussia maya

Informatics

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Place names and expedition named in his honour

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The Gaussberg in Braunschweig, Germany with the Gauss memorial in front

Terrestrial

Celestial

Institutions and buildings named in his honour

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Monuments, busts, and memorial plaques

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Gauss Monuments were erected in Brunswick and Göttingen (the last together with Weber). Busts of Gauss were placed in the Walhalla hall of fame near Regensburg and in the German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam. Several places where Gauss has stayed in Germany are marked with plaques.

Other commemorations

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Germany issued three postage stamps honoring Gauss, one in 1955 on the hundredth anniversary of his death and two others in 1977, the 200th anniversary of his birth.

References

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  1. ^ Wells, John (2008). Longman Pronunciation Dictionary (3rd ed.). Pearson Longman. ISBN 978-1-4058-8118-0.
  2. ^ Wendland, H., 1865. Ueber die neue Palmengatung Gaussia. Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 1865.
  3. ^ Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A., (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
  4. ^ Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Fakultät
  5. ^ Reich, Karin (2019). "Bessel, Gauß und Baeyer: Drei Büsten im ehemalig Königlich Geodätischen Institut Potsdam, heute Helmert-Haus, im 'Wissenschaftspark Albert Einstein, Telegrafenberg Potsdam'". Mitteilungen der Gauss-Gesellschaft (in German) (56): 67–74.
  6. ^ Michling, Horst (1966). "Zur Gaußbüste von Friedrich Künkler". Mitteilungen der Gauss-Gesellschaft (in German) (3): 3–4.