The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the mos… - Carl Friedrich Gauss

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The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic. It has engaged the industry and wisdom of ancient and modern geometers to such an extent that it would be superfluous to discuss the problem at length. … Further, the dignity of the science itself seems to require that every possible means be explored for the solution of a problem so elegant and so celebrated.

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About Carl Friedrich Gauss

Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician, astronomer and physicist.

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Native Name: Johann Carl Friedrich Gauß
Alternative Names: Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss Karl Gauss C. F. Gauss Carl Friedrich Gauß Gauß, Carl Friedrich Gauss
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One day he said: For the soul there is a satisfaction of a higher type; the material is not at all necessary. Whether I apply mathematics to a couple of clods of dirt, which we call planets, or to purely arithmetical problems, it's just the same; the latter have only a higher charm for me.

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