Gauss
Number theory pioneer
Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) was a German mathematician and physicist whose contributions span number theory, statistics, astronomy, and electromagnetism.
His name appears throughout mathematics and science: Gaussian distribution, Gaussian elimination, the gauss unit of magnetic flux.
Gauss is often ranked among the greatest mathematicians of all time. (Lowercase gauss is the unit of magnetic measurement.)
Intrinsic surface bending measure
- manifoldMany and various
- geodesicShortest curved-surface path
- saddle pointStationary point, not extremum
- isometricHaving uniform measurements
Pure math studying integers
- algebraMath using symbols
- least squaresError-minimizing statistical method
- prime numbersIntegers divisible only by one and themselves
- complex numbersNumbers containing imaginary components
proof · theorem · Ceres · statistics · probability · astronomer · physicist
Bell-shaped probability curve
- bell curveNormal distribution's shape
- standard deviationSpread around the mean
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
- statisticsCollected numerical information
mean · variance · random variable · signal processing · noise · statistical analysis · regression
Famous scientific surname
- TeslaEV manufacturer and surname
- PascalFrench male name
- HertzFrequency measurement's eponym
- KelvinScottish masculine name
Ohm · Weber · Henry · Faraday · Coulomb · Siemens · Curie · Maxwell
Method for solving linear systems
- linear algebraMathematics of vector spaces
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- system of equationsMultiple equations sharing variables
Gaussian curvature
Intrinsic surface bending measure
- manifoldMany and various
- geodesicShortest curved-surface path
- saddle pointStationary point, not extremum
number theory
Pure math studying integers
- algebraMath using symbols
- least squaresError-minimizing statistical method
- prime numbersIntegers divisible only by one and themselves
complex numbers · proof · theorem · Ceres · statistics · probability · astronomer · physicist
normal distribution
Bell-shaped probability curve
- bell curveNormal distribution's shape
- standard deviationSpread around the mean
- probabilityQuantified chance of occurrence
statistics · mean · variance · random variable · signal processing · noise · statistical analysis · regression
Newton
Famous scientific surname
Kelvin · Ohm · Weber · Henry · Faraday · Coulomb · Siemens · Curie · Maxwell · Avogadro
Gaussian elimination
Method for solving linear systems
- linear algebraMathematics of vector spaces
- matrixOrdered numerical arrangement
- system of equationsMultiple equations sharing variables
- 1800s FiguresDarwin, Marx, Dickens, Beethoven, Napoleon
- math historyEuclid, Pythagoras, Newton, Leibniz, Euler
- MathematiciansEuclid, Euler, Archimedes, Pythagoras, Fermat
- German GreatsBeethoven, Bach, Goethe, Marx, Karl Marx
- German ScienceAlbert Einstein, Max Planck, Einstein, Heisenberg, Leibniz
- German ScientistsEinstein, Planck, Heisenberg, Leibniz, Helmholtz