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Gauss can draw circles with a straight edge and lines with a compass


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Submitted May 06 -- in Mathematics -- by Celeb

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Gauss once proved the Fundamental Theorem of Algebra by explicitly writing out every nonconstant polynomial over the complex numbers and writing each as a product of linear factors.


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Submitted March 18 -- in Mathematics -- by Ravi

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Gauss knows the last digit of pi!


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Submitted March 11 -- in Mathematics -- by NickyT

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Leonhard Euler: math's ultimate identity thief. (Gauss probably should have been more careful about letting just anyone swipe e to the i pi.)


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Submitted March 06 -- in Mathematics -- by alanrobinski

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Heisenberg came up with the Uncertainty Principle because he was not as certain as Gauss.


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Submitted March 01 -- in Physics -- by jiawenkb

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Gauss once swam across the Gobi desert


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Submitted February 26 -- in Miscellaneous -- by dunce

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Gauss knows where the border limit of the Universe is.


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Submitted February 20 -- in Astronomy -- by Y. N.

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The actual statement of Godel's incompleteness theorem is that every consistent system cannot prove the existence of Gauss ,and it directly implies the version we know nowadays.


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Submitted February 18 -- in Mathematics -- by Vin

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Green's function started out "retarded", Gauss made it "advanced".


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Submitted February 15 -- in Physics -- by mjh

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Gauss' ice-cream can reach negative Kelvine temperatures.


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Submitted February 12 -- in Physics -- by alemutasa

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