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Disquisitiones Arithmeticae

  • Disquisitiones was the starting point for the work of other 19th century European mathematics and continued to influence 20th century mathematics

  • Illustrates many theorems with numerical examples

  • One of the last mathematical works to be written in scholarly Latin

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
  2. Congruent Numbers in General

    • Carl Friedrich Gauss
    Pages 1-4
  3. Congruences of The First Degree

    • Carl Friedrich Gauss
    Pages 5-28
  4. Residues of Powers

    • Carl Friedrich Gauss
    Pages 29-62
  5. Congruences of The Second Degree

    • Carl Friedrich Gauss
    Pages 63-107
  6. Forms and Indeterminate Equations of the Second Degree

    • Carl Friedrich Gauss
    Pages 108-374
  7. Various Applications of the Preceding Discussions

    • Carl Friedrich Gauss
    Pages 375-406
  8. Equations Defining Sections of a Circle

    • Carl Friedrich Gauss
    Pages 407-460
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 461-472

About this book

Carl Friedrich Gauss’s textbook, Disquisitiones arithmeticae, published in 1801 (Latin), remains to this day a true masterpiece of mathematical examination.                                                                                                                                 .

Authors and Affiliations

  • Braunschweig, Germany

    Carl Friedrich Gauss

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Disquisitiones Arithmeticae

  • Authors: Carl Friedrich Gauss

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7560-0

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Mathematics and Statistics, Mathematics and Statistics (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature 1986

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-96254-2Published: 11 April 1986

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4939-7560-0Published: 07 February 2018

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 472

  • Additional Information: Originally published by Yale University Press, London, 1966

  • Topics: Algebra

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eBook USD 169.00
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Hardcover Book USD 219.99
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