A) French B) German C) British D) American
A) University of Göttingen B) Göttingen Observatory C) Berlin Observatory D) Royal Observatory
A) 40 B) 30 C) 25 D) 19
A) Equals sign (=) B) Triple bar symbol (≡) C) Double bar symbol (≡) D) Single bar symbol (|)
A) Fundamental Theorem of Algebra B) Pythagorean Theorem C) Fermat's Last Theorem D) Theorema Egregium
A) Binomial distribution B) Exponential distribution C) Poisson distribution D) Normal or Gaussian distribution
A) Developed the theory of relativity B) Discovered the planet Neptune C) Led the geodetic survey of the Kingdom of Hanover D) Invented the telescope
A) Nobel Prize B) Fields Medal C) Lalande Prize D) Wolf Prize
A) Telephone B) Light bulb C) Steam engine D) Magnetometer
A) Thomas Edison B) Wilhelm Eduard Weber C) Nikola Tesla D) James Clerk Maxwell
A) Calculus B) Method of least squares C) Quantum mechanics D) Theory of relativity
A) Albert Einstein B) Richard Dedekind C) Isaac Newton D) Stephen Hawking
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) Teaching others B) The act of learning C) Possession of knowledge D) Publishing papers
A) None B) Numerous contributions C) Minor contributions D) Single contribution
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) Proved Earth's magnetic field is external D) Invented the compass
A) Non-Euclidean geometry B) Euclidean geometry C) Hyperbolic geometry D) Elliptic geometry
A) Named Ceres B) Discovered Ceres C) Instrumental in its identification as a dwarf planet D) Ignored Ceres
A) Heliotrope B) Steam engine C) Telephone D) Light bulb
A) Proved the law of large numbers B) Discovered probability C) Invented dice D) Introduced the normal or Gaussian distribution
A) Ignored the theorem B) Refuted the theorem C) Produced the second and third complete proofs D) Discovered the theorem
A) Arithmetic–geometric mean B) Variance C) Correlation coefficient D) Standard deviation
A) Discovered all regular polygons B) First progress in over 2000 years with the heptadecagon C) Ignored the problem of regular polygons D) Proved the impossibility of constructing a heptagon
A) Formulated the fundamental principles B) Discovered magnetism C) Ignored magnetism D) Invented the magnet
A) Discovered the theorem B) Proved the triangular case C) Ignored the theorem D) Refuted the theorem
A) Newton's laws B) Heliocentric model C) Gaussian gravitational constant D) Kepler's laws
A) Discovered curvature B) Refuted curvature C) Introduced the concept of Gaussian curvature D) Ignored curvature
A) Minor contributions B) Numerous contributions such as the composition law and the law of quadratic reciprocity C) None D) Single contribution
A) Refuted inequality B) Discovered inequality C) Ignored inequality D) First to prove Gauss's inequality
A) Ignored geophysics B) Invented the seismograph C) Formulated the fundamental principles of magnetism D) Discovered geophysics
A) Discovered planetoids B) Invented the planetoid model C) Ignored planetoids D) Worked on the motion disturbed by large planets
A) Hamburg B) Munich C) Berlin D) Brunswick
A) High B) Relatively low C) Middle D) Noble
A) His mother B) His father C) Elementary teachers D) A fellow student
A) Berlin University B) University of Göttingen C) University of Brunswick D) Collegium Carolinum
A) Christian Gottlob Heyne B) Abraham Gotthelf Kästner C) Georg Christoph Lichtenberg D) Karl Felix Seyffer
A) Karl Felix Seyffer B) Abraham Gotthelf Kästner C) Georg Christoph Lichtenberg D) Christian Gottlob Heyne
A) Christian Gottlob Heyne B) Abraham Gotthelf Kästner C) Georg Christoph Lichtenberg D) Karl Felix Seyffer
A) Disquisitiones Arithmeticae B) The Elements C) The Foundations of Arithmetic D) Principia Mathematica
A) The laws of motion B) Several theorems C) The Pythagorean theorem D) The theory of relativity
A) 5250 B) 4950 C) 5050 D) 5150
A) Karl Ludwig Harding B) Wilhelm Olbers C) Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel D) Johann Friedrich Pfaff
A) 1804 B) 1799 C) 1806 D) 1809
A) Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel B) Karl Ludwig Harding C) Johann Friedrich Pfaff D) Peter Joseph Krahe
A) It remained unchanged B) It expanded C) It was abolished D) It became a kingdom
A) Celestial observers B) Astronomical society C) Celestial police D) Orbital analysts
A) 1800 B) 1820 C) 1807 D) 1810
A) Laplace B) Olbers C) Jérôme Bonaparte D) Prince-primate Dalberg
A) Pure mathematics B) Physics C) Astronomy D) Geodesy
A) Meridian circles B) Sextant C) Heliometer D) Telescope
A) 1000 Reichsthaler B) 3000 Reichsthaler C) 1500 Reichsthaler D) 2500 Reichsthaler
A) Three B) Five C) Seven D) Once
A) More than 100,000 Thaler B) More than 50,000 Thaler C) More than 200,000 Thaler D) More than 150,000 Thaler
A) Albani Cemetery B) Frankfurt Cemetery C) Göttingen University Cemetery D) Hanover Cemetery
A) Mayer B) Weber C) Harding D) Riemann
A) Astronomy B) Geodesy C) Pure mathematics D) Physics
A) Bessel B) Eisenstein C) Weber D) Gauss
A) Leipzig University B) Vienna University C) Berlin University D) Göttingen University
A) Disagreement with the academy's policies B) Lack of interest C) The family's difficult situation D) Health issues
A) About 5,000 Thaler B) About 25,000 Thaler C) About 10,000 Thaler D) About 18,000 Thaler
A) Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel B) Wilhelm Weber C) Wolfgang Sartorius von Waltershausen D) Gotthold Eisenstein
A) A collaborative effort with a long-time observation program B) A government-funded project C) A series of short-term projects D) A one-man enterprise without a long-time observation program
A) They became alienated B) They remained close friends C) They never interacted D) They worked together harmoniously
A) Treasurer B) Secretary C) Director D) Member
A) 15 October 1805 B) 9 October 1805 C) 25 October 1805 D) 1 October 1805
A) Therese B) Wilhelmine (Minna) Waldeck C) Johanna D) Wilhelmina
A) Sapere Aude ('Dare to Know') B) Carpe Diem ('Seize the Day') C) Pauca sed Matura ('Few, but Ripe') D) Ad Astra Per Aspera ('To the Stars Through Difficulties')
A) Enthusiastic B) Neutral C) Critical D) Humorous
A) Typhoid B) Smallpox C) Tuberculosis D) Cholera
A) Munich B) Hamburg C) Celle D) Berlin
A) Medicine B) Law C) Teaching D) Military
A) Mathematics B) Medicine C) Philology D) Law
A) Artifacts B) Numerical data C) Coins D) Books
A) Walter Scott B) William Shakespeare C) Jane Austen D) Charles Dickens
A) 62 B) 70 C) 45 D) 50
A) Lutheran B) Atheist C) Catholic D) Jewish
A) Numbers are sacred B) Mathematics is divine C) The universe is mathematical D) God arithmetizes
A) Fermat B) Jean le Rond d'Alembert C) Lagrange D) Euler
A) Two B) One C) Three D) Four
A) 1795 B) 1799 C) 1801 D) 1798
A) Fermat's Last Theorem B) Unique factorization theorem C) Law of quadratic reciprocity D) Fundamental theorem of algebra
A) Two B) One C) Four D) Three
A) 1816 B) 1831 C) 1823 D) 1792
A) Bessel B) Seeber C) Euler D) Olbers
A) 1798 B) 1808 C) 1823 D) 1811
A) The German Academy B) The Royal Society C) The Danish Society D) The French Academy
A) The later-named Beltrami equation B) The Cauchy integral theorem C) The Gauss sums D) The Eisenstein integers
A) Disquisitiones generales circa series infinitam... B) Summatio quarundam serierum singularium C) On the theory of reduction of positive ternary quadratic forms D) On conformal mappings
A) 1876 B) 1823 C) 1816 D) 1805
A) 1876 B) 1828 C) 1805 D) 1823
A) Gerling B) Pierre Ossian Bonnet C) Ferdinand Minding D) Joseph Fourier
A) Solving systems of linear equations B) Developing efficient algorithms C) Designing projections for geographical maps D) Calculating orbits of planets
A) The parallel postulate B) The angle sum postulate C) The perpendicular postulate D) The transversal postulate
A) The 1800s B) The 1820s C) The 1810s D) The 1790s
A) The 1810s B) The 1820s C) The 1830s D) The 1790s
A) János Bolyai B) Franz Taurinus C) Farkas Bolyai D) Nikolai Lobachevsky
A) 1900 B) 1856 C) 1832 D) 1829
A) His father B) Nikolai Lobachevsky C) Franz Taurinus D) Farkas Bolyai
A) 1824 B) 1900 C) 1832 D) 1856 |