This mathematician proved the law of quadratic reciprocity and showed that a straightedgeand-compass construction of a 17-gon is possible.
This mathematician proved the law of quadratic reciprocity and showed that a straightedgeand-compass construction of a 17-gon is possible. As a child, he supposedly found a way to quickly add the integers from 1 to 100, and he names a (*) row-reduction method for solving systems of linear equations via matrices, called his namesake "elimination.". For 10 points, identify this mathematician who gives his name to the normal distribution, or bell curve.
This mathematician proved the law of quadratic reciprocity and showed that a straightedgeand-compass construction of a 17-gon is possible.
Carl Friedrich Gauss