Carl Friedrich Gauss - Quiz
A) German B) French C) American D) British
A) Göttingen Observatory B) Royal Observatory C) University of Göttingen D) Berlin Observatory
A) 30 B) 40 C) 25 D) 19
A) Equals sign (=) B) Single bar symbol (|) C) Double bar symbol (≡) D) Triple bar symbol (≡)
A) Pythagorean Theorem B) Fermat's Last Theorem C) Fundamental Theorem of Algebra D) Theorema Egregium
A) Binomial distribution B) Exponential distribution C) Poisson distribution D) Normal or Gaussian distribution
A) Led the geodetic survey of the Kingdom of Hanover B) Developed the theory of relativity C) Discovered the planet Neptune D) Invented the telescope
A) Wolf Prize B) Nobel Prize C) Fields Medal D) Lalande Prize
A) Steam engine B) Magnetometer C) Light bulb D) Telephone
A) Wilhelm Eduard Weber B) Thomas Edison C) Nikola Tesla D) James Clerk Maxwell
A) Calculus B) Theory of relativity C) Method of least squares D) Quantum mechanics
A) Stephen Hawking B) Isaac Newton C) Albert Einstein D) Richard Dedekind
A) He published only his incomplete work B) He did not publish incomplete work C) He published all his work immediately D) He published only his completed work
A) Teaching others B) The act of learning C) Possession of knowledge D) Publishing papers
A) Single contribution B) Minor contributions C) None D) Numerous contributions
A) A theory B) An algorithm C) A telescope D) A planet
A) Proved Earth's magnetic field is external B) Invented the compass C) First absolute measurement in 1832 D) Discovered Earth's magnetic field
A) Non-Euclidean geometry B) Euclidean geometry C) Elliptic geometry D) Hyperbolic geometry
A) Ignored Ceres B) Discovered Ceres C) Named Ceres D) Instrumental in its identification as a dwarf planet
A) Telephone B) Heliotrope C) Steam engine D) Light bulb
A) Discovered probability B) Introduced the normal or Gaussian distribution C) Proved the law of large numbers D) Invented dice
A) Ignored the theorem B) Refuted the theorem C) Discovered the theorem D) Produced the second and third complete proofs
A) Arithmetic–geometric mean B) Correlation coefficient C) Standard deviation D) Variance
A) First progress in over 2000 years with the heptadecagon B) Ignored the problem of regular polygons C) Proved the impossibility of constructing a heptagon D) Discovered all regular polygons
A) Discovered magnetism B) Invented the magnet C) Ignored magnetism D) Formulated the fundamental principles
A) Proved the triangular case B) Discovered the theorem C) Ignored the theorem D) Refuted the theorem
A) Newton's laws B) Heliocentric model C) Gaussian gravitational constant D) Kepler's laws
A) Ignored curvature B) Refuted curvature C) Discovered curvature D) Introduced the concept of Gaussian curvature
A) None B) Single contribution C) Minor contributions D) Numerous contributions such as the composition law and the law of quadratic reciprocity
A) Refuted inequality B) Ignored inequality C) Discovered inequality D) First to prove Gauss's inequality
A) Ignored geophysics B) Invented the seismograph C) Formulated the fundamental principles of magnetism D) Discovered geophysics
A) Ignored planetoids B) Worked on the motion disturbed by large planets C) Invented the planetoid model D) Discovered planetoids
A) Brunswick B) Hamburg C) Berlin D) Munich
A) Noble B) Middle C) High D) Relatively low
A) A fellow student B) His mother C) His father D) Elementary teachers
A) University of Brunswick B) Collegium Carolinum C) Berlin University D) University of Göttingen
A) Georg Christoph Lichtenberg B) Karl Felix Seyffer C) Christian Gottlob Heyne D) Abraham Gotthelf Kästner
A) Abraham Gotthelf Kästner B) Georg Christoph Lichtenberg C) Christian Gottlob Heyne D) Karl Felix Seyffer
A) Abraham Gotthelf Kästner B) Georg Christoph Lichtenberg C) Karl Felix Seyffer D) Christian Gottlob Heyne
A) Disquisitiones Arithmeticae B) The Foundations of Arithmetic C) The Elements D) Principia Mathematica
A) Several theorems B) The Pythagorean theorem C) The laws of motion D) The theory of relativity
A) 5050 B) 4950 C) 5150 D) 5250
A) Johann Friedrich Pfaff B) Karl Ludwig Harding C) Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel D) Wilhelm Olbers
A) 1809 B) 1799 C) 1806 D) 1804
A) Johann Friedrich Pfaff B) Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel C) Karl Ludwig Harding D) Peter Joseph Krahe
A) It became a kingdom B) It expanded C) It was abolished D) It remained unchanged
A) Orbital analysts B) Celestial police C) Astronomical society D) Celestial observers
A) 1800 B) 1810 C) 1820 D) 1807
A) Olbers B) Laplace C) Prince-primate Dalberg D) Jérôme Bonaparte
A) Pure mathematics B) Astronomy C) Physics D) Geodesy
A) Meridian circles B) Sextant C) Heliometer D) Telescope
A) 2500 Reichsthaler B) 1000 Reichsthaler C) 1500 Reichsthaler D) 3000 Reichsthaler
A) Three B) Once C) Seven D) Five
A) More than 200,000 Thaler B) More than 50,000 Thaler C) More than 150,000 Thaler D) More than 100,000 Thaler
A) Albani Cemetery B) Frankfurt Cemetery C) Göttingen University Cemetery D) Hanover Cemetery
A) Riemann B) Harding C) Weber D) Mayer
A) Pure mathematics B) Physics C) Geodesy D) Astronomy
A) Bessel B) Gauss C) Eisenstein D) Weber
A) Berlin University B) Vienna University C) Göttingen University D) Leipzig University
A) Disagreement with the academy's policies B) The family's difficult situation C) Health issues D) Lack of interest
A) About 5,000 Thaler B) About 10,000 Thaler C) About 25,000 Thaler D) About 18,000 Thaler
A) Wilhelm Weber B) Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen C) Gotthold Eisenstein D) Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel
A) A one-man enterprise without a long-time observation program B) A series of short-term projects C) A government-funded project D) A collaborative effort with a long-time observation program
A) They never interacted B) They remained close friends C) They became alienated D) They worked together harmoniously
A) Secretary B) Treasurer C) Director D) Member
A) 9 October 1805 B) 25 October 1805 C) 15 October 1805 D) 1 October 1805
A) Wilhelmina B) Johanna C) Therese D) Wilhelmine (Minna) Waldeck
A) Sapere Aude ('Dare to Know') B) Ad Astra Per Aspera ('To the Stars Through Difficulties') C) Pauca sed Matura ('Few, but Ripe') D) Carpe Diem ('Seize the Day')
A) Critical B) Neutral C) Enthusiastic D) Humorous
A) Tuberculosis B) Smallpox C) Typhoid D) Cholera
A) Hamburg B) Munich C) Berlin D) Celle
A) Law B) Military C) Teaching D) Medicine
A) Medicine B) Philology C) Mathematics D) Law
A) Numerical data B) Books C) Artifacts D) Coins
A) William Shakespeare B) Charles Dickens C) Jane Austen D) Walter Scott
A) 45 B) 62 C) 50 D) 70
A) Catholic B) Lutheran C) Jewish D) Atheist
A) Numbers are sacred B) Mathematics is divine C) The universe is mathematical D) God arithmetizes
A) Euler B) Fermat C) Lagrange D) Jean le Rond d'Alembert
A) One B) Two C) Four D) Three
A) 1795 B) 1801 C) 1799 D) 1798
A) Fermat's Last Theorem B) Law of quadratic reciprocity C) Unique factorization theorem D) Fundamental theorem of algebra
A) One B) Three C) Four D) Two
A) 1792 B) 1831 C) 1823 D) 1816
A) Euler B) Seeber C) Olbers D) Bessel
A) 1798 B) 1811 C) 1823 D) 1808
A) The French Academy B) The Royal Society C) The German Academy D) The Danish Society
A) The Cauchy integral theorem B) The Gauss sums C) The Eisenstein integers D) The later-named Beltrami equation
A) On conformal mappings B) Disquisitiones generales circa series infinitam... C) Summatio quarundam serierum singularium D) On the theory of reduction of positive ternary quadratic forms
A) 1876 B) 1823 C) 1805 D) 1816
A) 1876 B) 1828 C) 1805 D) 1823
A) Joseph Fourier B) Gerling C) Pierre Ossian Bonnet D) Ferdinand Minding
A) Designing projections for geographical maps B) Calculating orbits of planets C) Developing efficient algorithms D) Solving systems of linear equations
A) The transversal postulate B) The angle sum postulate C) The parallel postulate D) The perpendicular postulate
A) The 1820s B) The 1800s C) The 1810s D) The 1790s
A) The 1820s B) The 1830s C) The 1810s D) The 1790s
A) Nikolai Lobachevsky B) Franz Taurinus C) Farkas Bolyai D) János Bolyai
A) 1900 B) 1856 C) 1832 D) 1829
A) Farkas Bolyai B) Nikolai Lobachevsky C) Franz Taurinus D) His father
A) 1900 B) 1824 C) 1856 D) 1832 |
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