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