Carl Friedrich Gauss

Full Name-
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Born-
30 April 1777
Died-
23 February 1855  

• Famous For-

Mathematics

Algebra and linear algebra

1. Gaussian elimination, also known as "row reduction" or "Gaussian method"
2. Gauss–Jordan elimination
3. Gauss–Seidel method
4. Gauss's cyclotomic formula
5. Gauss's lemma in relation to polynomials
6. Gaussian binomial coefficient, also called Gaussian polynomial or Gaussian coefficient
7. Gauss transformation

Geometry and differential geometry 

1. Gauss–Bodenmiller theorem - described on website of University of Crete
2. Gauss–Bolyai–Lobachevsky space, a hyperbolic geometry
3. Gauss–Bonnet theorem, a theorem about curvature in differential geometry
4. Generalized Gauss–Bonnet theorem in differential geometry
5. Gauss's braid in Braid theory – a four strand braid
6. Gauss–Codazzi equations
7. Gauss–Manin connection, a connection on a vector bundle over a family of algebraic varieties
8. Gauss–Newton line – described in Journal for Geometry and Graphics, see also Newton line
9. Gauss's area formula
10. Gauss's lemma in Riemannian geometry
11. Gauss map in differential geometry
12. Gaussian curvature, defined in his Theorema egregium
13. Gauss circle problem

•  Number theory.

1. Gauss–Kuzmin–Wirsing constant, a constant in number theory
2. Gauss's constant, the reciprocal of the AGM of 1
3. Gauss's digamma theorem, a theorem about the digamma function
4. Gauss's generalization of Wilson's theorem
5. Gauss's lemma in number theory
6. Gauss composition – described on website of University of Université de Montréal
7. Gauss map in number theory
8. Gaussian moat
9. Gauss class number problem
10. Gauss's multiplication formula

• Cyclotomic fields

1. Gaussian period
2. Gaussian rational
3. Gauss sum, an exponential sum over Dirichlet characters
4. Elliptic Gauss sum, an analog of a Gauss sum
5. Quadratic Gauss sum

• Analysis, numerical analysis, vector calculus and calculus of variations

1. Gaussian quadrature
2. Gauss–Hermite quadrature
3. Gauss–Jacobi quadrature
4. Gauss–Kronrod quadrature formula
5. Gauss–Newton algorithm
6. Gauss–Legendre algorithm
7. Gauss's complex multiplication algorithm
8. Gauss's theorem may refer to the divergence theorem, which is also known as the Ostrogradsky–Gauss theorem
9. Gauss pseudospectral method

• Complex analysis and convex analysis

1. Gauss–Lucas theorem
2. Gauss's continued fraction, an analytic continued fraction derived from the hypergeometric functions
3. Gauss's criterion – described on Encyclopedia of Mathematics
4. Gauss's hypergeometric theorem, an identity on hypergeometric series

• Statistics

1. Gauss–Kuzmin distribution, a discrete probability distribution
2. Gauss–Markov process
3. Gauss–Markov theorem
4. Gaussian copula
5. Gaussian measure
6. Gaussian correlation inequality
7. Gaussian isoperimetric inequality
8. Gauss's inequality

• Gaussian function and topics named for Him

1. The Normal Distribution, also known at the Gaussian distribution, the most common bell curve in statistics
2. The Gaussian function, the function used in the normal distribution, but also used elsewhere
3. The Exponentially modified Gaussian distribution or function, used for description of peak shape in many techniques
4. Gauss error function
5. Gaussian process
6. Gaussian filter
7. Gauss–Laplace pyramid, sometimes called the Burt–Adelson pyramid - described on computervisionpoints.com
8. Gauss iterated map (dynamical systems)
9. Additive white Gaussian noise
10. Gaussian beam
11. Gaussian blur, a technique in image processing
12. Gaussian fixed point
13. Gaussian random field
14. Gaussian free field
15. Gaussian integral
16. Gaussian variogram model
17. Gaussian mixture model
18. Gaussian network model
19. Gaussian noise
20. Gaussian smoothing
21. Inverse Gaussian distribution, also known as the Wald distribution

• Knot theory 

1. Gauss code - described on website of University of Toronto
2. Gauss linking integral (knot theory)

• Other mathematical areas

1. Gauss's algorithm for Determination of the day of the week
2. Gauss's Easter algorithm
3. Gaussian bracket – described on WolframMathWorld
4. Gaussian's modular arithmetic
5. Gaussian integer, usually written as Z[i]
6. Gaussian prime
7. Gaussian logarithms (also known as addition and subtraction logarithms

• Cartography

1. Gauss–Krüger coordinate system
2. Gaussian grid

• Physics

1. Gaussian optics
2. Classical mechanics[edit]
3. Gauss's principle of least constraint
4. For orbit determination in orbital mechanics:
5. Gauss's law for gravity
6. Gaussian gravitational constant
7. Gaussian orbital
8. Gaussian year

• Electromagnetism

1. gauss, the CGS unit for magnetic field
2. Degaussing, to demagnetize an object
3. Gauss gun or Gauss rifle
4. Gauss's law for magnetism
5. Gaussian surface
6. Gauss's law, giving the relationship between flux through a closed surface and the enclosed source

• Awards and recognitions

1. Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize, a mathematics award
2. Gauss Lectureship, a mathematical distinction
3. The Gauss Mathematics Competition in Canadian junior high schools, an annual national mathematics competition administered by the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing

• Place names and expedition named in his honor

1. The Gauss expedition, the first German expedition to Antarctica
2. The ship Gauss, used in the Gauss expedition to the Antarctic
3. Gaussberg, an extinct volcano discovered by the above-mentioned expedition
4. The crater Gauss on the Moon[1]
5. Asteroid 1001 Gaussia
6. Gauss Peninsula, East Greenland
7. Gauss Tower, an observation tower in Dransfeld, Germany
8. Gaußberg, a hill in Braunschweig
9. Several buildings named "Gauss Haus" or "Gauss Building":
10. The Gauss Building at the University of Idaho (College of Engineering)
11. Gauss Haus, an NMR center at the University of Utah
12. The 'Gauss House', a common room in the University of Sussex Mathematical and Physical Sciences department.
13. A dormitory building is named after him in University of California, Santa Cruz, in Crown College
14. Institutions named in his honor
15. The Carl-Friedrich-Gauß School for Mathematics, Computer Science, Business Administration, Economics, and Social Sciences of Braunschweig University of Technology
16. The Carl-Friedrich-Gauss Gymnasium (a school for grades 5–13) in Worms, Germany

• Other things named for him

1. Gaussia, a palm genus described by Hermann Wendland with the then new species Gaussia princeps, collected by Charles Wright in western Cuba. Named in “memoriam astronomi Caroli Friderici Gauss”.
2. Gaussia, a genus of copepods.
3. Gaussian, a computational chemistry software program
4. GAUSS, a matrix programming language for mathematics and statistics.