List of things named after Carl Friedrich Gauss
Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) is the eponym of all of the topics listed below.
There are over 100 topics all named after this German mathematician and scientist, all in the fields of mathematics, physics, and astronomy.
Contents
1 Mathematics
1.1 Algebra and linear algebra
1.2 Geometry and differential geometry
1.3 Number theory
1.3.1 Cyclotomic fields
1.4 Analysis, numerical analysis, vector calculus and calculus of variations
1.4.1 Complex analysis and convex analysis
1.5 Statistics
1.5.1 Gaussian function and topics named for it
1.6 Knot theory
1.7 Other mathematical areas
2 Cartography
3 Physics
3.1 Classical mechanics
3.2 Quantum mechanics
3.3 Electromagnetism
4 Awards and recognitions
5 Place names and expedition named in his honour
6 Institutions named in his honour
7 Other things named for him
8 References
Mathematics
Various Gaussian curvatures
Algebra and linear algebra
Gaussian elimination, also known as "row reduction" or "Gaussian method"- Gauss–Jordan elimination
- Gauss–Seidel method
- Gauss's cyclotomic formula
Gauss's lemma in relation to polynomials
Gaussian binomial coefficient, also called Gaussian polynomial or Gaussian coefficient
- Gauss transformation
Geometry and differential geometry
Gauss map
Gauss–Bodenmiller theorem – described on website of University of Crete
Gauss–Bolyai–Lobachevsky space, a hyperbolic geometry
Gauss–Bonnet theorem, a theorem about curvature in differential geometry
Generalized Gauss–Bonnet theorem in differential geometry
Gauss's braid in braid theory – a four-strand braid- Gauss–Codazzi equations
Gauss–Manin connection, a connection on a vector bundle over a family of algebraic varieties
Gauss–Newton line – described in Journal for Geometry and Graphics, see also Newton line
- Gauss's area formula
Gauss's lemma in Riemannian geometry
Gauss map in differential geometry
Gaussian curvature, defined in his Theorema egregium
- Gauss circle problem
Number theory
Gaussian moat
Gauss–Kuzmin–Wirsing constant, a constant in number theory
Gauss's constant, the reciprocal of the AGM of 1 and 2{displaystyle scriptstyle {sqrt {2}}}
Gauss's digamma theorem, a theorem about the digamma function
- Gauss's generalization of Wilson's theorem
Gauss's lemma in number theory
Gauss composition – described on website of University of Université de Montréal
Gauss map in number theory- Gaussian moat
- Gauss class number problem
- Gauss's multiplication formula
Cyclotomic fields
- Gaussian period
- Gaussian rational
Gauss sum, an exponential sum over Dirichlet characters
Elliptic Gauss sum, an analog of a Gauss sum
- Quadratic Gauss sum
Analysis, numerical analysis, vector calculus and calculus of variations
Comparison between 2-point Gaussian and trapezoidal quadrature.
- Gaussian quadrature
- Gauss–Hermite quadrature
- Gauss–Jacobi quadrature
- Gauss–Kronrod quadrature formula
- Gauss–Newton algorithm
- Gauss–Legendre algorithm
- Gauss's complex multiplication algorithm
Gauss's theorem may refer to the divergence theorem, which is also known as the Ostrogradsky–Gauss theorem
- Gauss pseudospectral method
Complex analysis and convex analysis
- Gauss–Lucas theorem
Gauss's continued fraction, an analytic continued fraction derived from the hypergeometric functions
Gauss's criterion – described on Encyclopedia of Mathematics
Gauss's hypergeometric theorem, an identity on hypergeometric series
Statistics
Gaussian copula
Gauss–Kuzmin distribution, a discrete probability distribution
- Gauss–Markov process
- Gauss–Markov theorem
- Gaussian copula
Gaussian measure
- Gaussian correlation inequality
- Gaussian isoperimetric inequality
- Gauss's inequality
Gaussian function and topics named for it
Gaussian curve with a 2-dimensional domain
- The Normal Distribution, also known at the Gaussian distribution, the most common bell curve in statistics
- The Gaussian function, the function used in the normal distribution, but also used elsewhere
- The Exponentially modified Gaussian distribution or function, used for description of peak shape in many techniques
- Gauss error function
- Gaussian process
- Gaussian filter
Gauss–Laplace pyramid, sometimes called the Burt–Adelson pyramid – described on computervisionpoints.com
Gauss iterated map (dynamical systems)- Additive white Gaussian noise
- Gaussian beam
Gaussian blur, a technique in image processing
- Gaussian fixed point
Gaussian random field
- Gaussian free field
- Gaussian integral
- Gaussian variogram model
- Gaussian mixture model
- Gaussian network model
- Gaussian noise
- Gaussian smoothing
Inverse Gaussian distribution, also known as the Wald distribution
Knot theory
Linking integral
Gauss code – described on website of University of Toronto
Gauss linking integeral (knot theory)
Other mathematical areas
- Gauss's algorithm for Determination of the day of the week
- Gauss's Easter algorithm
Gaussian bracket – described on WolframMathWorld
- Gaussian's modular arithmetic
Gaussian integer, usually written as Z[i]
- Gaussian prime
Gaussian logarithms (also known as addition and subtraction logarithms)
Cartography
Gaussian grid points
- Gauss–Krüger coordinate system
- Gaussian grid
Physics
- Gaussian optics
Classical mechanics
- Gauss's principle of least constraint
- For orbit determination in orbital mechanics:
- Gauss's law for gravity
- Gaussian gravitational constant
- Gaussian year
Quantum mechanics
- Gaussian orbital
Electromagnetism
Gauss gun
gauss, the CGS unit for magnetic field
Degaussing, to demagnetize an object
Gauss rifle or coilgun- Gauss's law for magnetism
Gaussian surface
Gauss's law, giving the relationship between flux through a closed surface and the enclosed source
Awards and recognitions
Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize, a mathematics award
Gauss Lectureship, a mathematical distinction- 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 honour
The Gaußberg in Brunswick, Germany with the Gauss memorial in front
- The Gauss expedition, the first German expedition to Antarctica
- The ship Gauss, used in the Gauss expedition to the Antarctic
Gaussberg, an extinct volcano discovered by the above-mentioned expedition
- The crater Gauss on the Moon[1]
Asteroid 1001 Gaussia
Gauss Peninsula, East Greenland
Gauss Tower, an observation tower in Dransfeld, Germany- Gaußberg, a hill in Braunschweig
- Several buildings named "Gauss Haus" or "Gauss Building":
- The Gauss Building at the University of Idaho (College of Engineering)
- Gauss Haus, an NMR center at the University of Utah
- The 'Gauss House', a common room in the University of Sussex Mathematical and Physical Sciences department.
- A dormitory building is named after him in University of California, Santa Cruz, in Crown College
Institutions named in his honour
- The Carl-Friedrich-Gauß School for Mathematics, Computer Science, Business Administration, Economics, and Social Sciences of Braunschweig University of Technology
- The Carl-Friedrich-Gauss Gymnasium (a school for grades 5–13) in Worms, Germany
Other things named for him
Gaussia maya
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
Gaussian, a computational chemistry software program
GAUSS, a matrix programming language for mathematics and statistics
References
^ Andersson, L. E.; Whitaker, E. A., (1982). NASA Catalogue of Lunar Nomenclature. NASA RP-1097.
^ Wendland, H., 1865. Ueber die neue Palmengatung Gaussia. Nachr. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Georg-Augusts-Univ. 1865.