List of things named after Carl Friedrich Gauss explained

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 .[1]

Mathematics

Cyclotomic fields

Statistics

Gaussian function and topics named for it

Knot theory

Other mathematical areas

Physics

Awards and recognitions

Other things named for him

Biology

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Informatics

Place names and expedition named in his honour

Terrestrial

Celestial

Institutions and buildings named in his honour

Monuments, busts, and memorial plaques

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

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Wells, John . John C. Wells

    . John C. Wells . Longman Pronunciation Dictionary . Pearson Longman . 3rd . 2008 . 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. https://www.tu-braunschweig.de/en/fk1 Carl-Friedrich-Gauß-Fakultät