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Organized higher arithmetic around congruences, residues and quadratic forms, with new investigations connecting arithmetic and the division of the circle.
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This is the 1801 seven-section book, not Gauss's entire career. Fermat, Euler, Lagrange and Legendre retain prior contributions; Gauss explicitly acknowledges and distinguishes prior results. The book's full proofs have not been re-audited by WRS.
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- Gauss's preface, reproduced by the University of St Andrews
- Disquisitiones Arithmeticae: publisher contents and translated edition
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Carl Friedrich Gauss
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Gauss: Disquisitiones Arithmeticae
Organized higher arithmetic around congruences, residues and quadratic forms, with new investigations connecting arithmetic and the division of the circle.
Scientific scope
This is the 1801 seven-section book, not Gauss's entire career. Fermat, Euler, Lagrange and Legendre retain prior contributions; Gauss explicitly acknowledges and distinguishes prior results. The book's full proofs have not been re-audited by WRS.
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This is a source-linked WRS catalogue note. A full explanatory guide and independent scientific reconstruction have not been completed for this entry. Read the identified original work for its complete narrative and arguments.
People and systems
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Named authors of the scoped historical work; predecessor and supporting roles remain distinct. Not a lifetime merit assessment.