SWhat changed
Organized higher arithmetic around congruences, residues and quadratic forms, with new investigations connecting arithmetic and the division of the circle.
Scientific scope
The 1801 seven-section higher-arithmetic synthesis and investigations in Disquisitiones Arithmeticae.
Evidence
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Contributors
- Carl Friedrich Gauss · SCIENCE: Named source contributor to this scoped work; individual labor shares are not measured.
- Gauss's preface, reproduced by the University of St Andrews
- Disquisitiones Arithmeticae: publisher contents and translated edition
Provisional WRS assessment, edition 2026-10-16.1. Independent expert calibration is pending. This grade does not certify correctness or assign ownership.
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