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Born: April 30, 1777 in Brunswick, Dutchy of Brunswick (now Germany) Died: February 23, 1855 in Göttingen, Hannover (now Germany) |
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Born: April 30, 1777 in Brunswick, Duchy of Brunswick (now Germany) Died: February 23, 1855 in Göttingen, Hanover (now Germany) |
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Gauss was the only son of lower class uneducated parents. He impressed his teachers early on and earned a scholarship. In college, he independently rediscovered several important theorems; his breakthrough occured in 1796 when he correctly characterized all the regular polygons that can be constructed by ruler and compass alone, thereby completing work started by classical Greek mathematicians. |
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Gauss was the only son of lower class uneducated parents. He impressed his teachers early on and earned a scholarship. In college, he independently rediscovered several important theorems; his breakthrough occurred in 1796 when he correctly characterized all the regular polygons that can be constructed by ruler and compass alone, thereby completing work started by classical Greek mathematicians. |
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Gauss was deeply religious and conservative. He supported monarchy and opposed Napoleon whom he saw as an outgrowth of revolution. Gauss' personal life was overshadowed by the early death of his beloved first wife in 1809, soon followed by the death of one child. Gauss plunged into a depression from which he never fully recoverd. He married again, but the second marriage does not seem to have been very happy. When his second wife died in 1831 after long illness, one of his daughters took over the household and cared for Gauss until the end of his life. His mother lived in his house from 1812 until her death in 1839. He rarely if ever collaborated with other mathematicians and was considered aloof and austere by many. |
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Gauss was deeply religious and conservative. He supported monarchy and opposed Napoleon whom he saw as an outgrowth of revolution. Gauss' personal life was overshadowed by the early death of his beloved first wife in 1809, soon followed by the death of one child. Gauss plunged into a depression from which he never fully recoverd. He married again, but the second marriage does not seem to have been very happy. When his second wife died in 1831 after long illness, one of his daughters took over the household and cared for Gauss until the end of his life. His mother lived in his house from 1812 until her death in 1839. He rarely if ever collaborated with other mathematicians and was considered aloof and austere by many. |
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