Question

Which of the discoveries of Carl Gauss would you say are most important and are affected by today's research

Answer 1

Do your research!

Answer 2

Samuraisam I DID!!!!

Answer 3

i just want to know people's opinion.

Answer 4

I know he wrote Disquisitiones Arithmeticae, which has a lot to do with number theories and sets, like prime number theory, also the drawing of polygon with compass and ruler

Answer 5

gaussian distribution, fundamental theory of algebra etc

Answer 6

least square fitting

Answer 7

IMO, least squares fitting. That's only because I use this process (indirectly) quite frequently.