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Carl Friedrich Gauss
German mathematician and physicist (1777–1855)
Gauss's law
foundational law of electromagnetism
gauss
cgs unit of magnetic flux density (0.1 millitesla)
Q11528
main-belt asteroid
Gauss's law for magnetism
foundational law of classical magnetism
Disquisitiones Arithmeticae
book written by Carl Friedrich Gauss
Gaussian curvature
product of the principal curvatures of a surface
Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize
award in applied mathematics
Theorema Egregium
"Remarkable theorem" about Gauss' curvature as an invariant
65537-gon
In geometry, a 65537-gon is a polygon with 65,537 (216 + 1) sides. The sum of the interior angles of any non-self-intersecting is 11,796,300°.
Gauss
lunar impact crater
257-gon
In geometry, a 257-gon is a polygon with 257 sides. The sum of the interior angles of any non-self-intersecting 257-gon is 45,900°.
Gaussian units
most common of the several electromagnetic unit systems based on cgs (centimetre–gram–second) units
heliotrope
measuring instrument
constructible polygon
regular polygon that can be constructed with compass and straightedge
Gauss's law for gravity
restatement of Newton's law of universal gravitation
Gaussian surface
closed surface in three-dimensional space through which the flux of a vector field is calculated; usually the gravitational field, the electric field, or magnetic field
Gauss map
in differential geometry, a function that maps each point in a surface to its normal direction
Gaussian splatting
volume rendering technique
list of things named after Carl Friedrich Gauss
Wikimedia list article
least-squares spectral analysis
frequency-domain analysis method