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Date Of Birth
Born in Brunswick, Germany -
Period: to
Carl Friedrich Gauss
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First Significant Discovery
Regular Polygon of 17 sides can be constructed by a ruler and compass alone -
First to prove quadratic reciprocity law
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conjectured prime number theorem
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Doctoral Thesis
Gave proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra -
Published Disquisitiones Arithmeticae
First systematic textbook on algebraic number theory -
Rediscovered asteriod Ceres
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Invented Helitrope
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Awarded the prize of the Danish Academy of Sciences
For his study of angle-preserving maps -
Constructed first electromechanical telegraph
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Date Of Death
Died in Gottengen, Hanover