According to a popular legend, while still in school he devised a simple formula for the sum of one through n.
This man proved the theorem of quadratic reciprocity. He used his formulation of least squares to accurately predict the orbit of Ceres. This mathematician discovered a compass and ruler construction for the heptadecagon. This man devised an improved proof of the fundamental theorem of arithmetic. According to a popular legend, while still in school he devised a simple formula for the sum of one through n. His name is also attached to a statistical distribution about a mean, also called the normal distribution or bell curve. For 10 points, name this German mathematician.
This man proved the theorem of quadratic reciprocity. He used his formulation of least squares to accurately predict the orbit of Ceres.
Carl Friedrich {Gauss}