I confess that Fermat's Theorem as an isolated proposition … - Carl Friedrich Gauss

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I confess that Fermat's Theorem as an isolated proposition has very little interest for me, because I could easily lay down a multitude of such propositions, which one could neither prove nor dispose of.

Carl Friedrich Gauss

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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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