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    Friedrich Gauss, the integral is ∫ − ∞ ∞ e − x 2 d x = π . {\displaystyle \int _{-\infty }^{\infty }e^{-x^{2}}\,dx={\sqrt {\pi }}.} Abraham de Moivre originally...
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    physics (specifically electromagnetism), Gauss's law, also known as Gauss's flux theorem (or sometimes Gauss's theorem), is one of Maxwell's equations...
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    the Wald distribution Gauss code – described on website of University of Toronto Gauss linking integral (knot theory) Gauss's algorithm for determination...
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    Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (German: Gauß [kaʁl ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈɡaʊs] ; Latin: Carolus Fridericus Gauss; 30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician...
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  • Friedrich Gauss. It states that the flux (surface integral) of the gravitational field over any closed surface is proportional to the mass enclosed. Gauss's law...
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  • mathematics, the Chern theorem (or the Chern–Gauss–Bonnet theorem after Shiing-Shen Chern, Carl Friedrich Gauss, and Pierre Ossian Bonnet) states that the...
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    Euler, but the first full systematic treatment was given by Carl Friedrich Gauss (1813). Studies in the nineteenth century included those of Ernst Kummer (1836)...
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    modified, as elaborated below.) Gauss's law for magnetism can be written in two forms, a differential form and an integral form. These forms are equivalent...
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  • In vector calculus, the divergence theorem, also known as Gauss's theorem or Ostrogradsky's theorem, is a theorem relating the flux of a vector field...
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  • them in the 1960s, and Carl Friedrich Gauss. The problem in numerical integration is to approximate definite integrals of the form ∫ a b f ( x ) d x . {\displaystyle...
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  • denotes the double factorial. In terms of the Gauss hypergeometric function, the complete elliptic integral of the first kind can be expressed as K ( k...
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    quadrature rules, such as Gauss-Hermite quadrature for integrals on the whole real line and Gauss-Laguerre quadrature for integrals on the positive reals...
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    setup Schwarz integral formula Parseval–Gutzmer formula Bochner–Martinelli formula Helffer–Sjöstrand formula Titchmarsh 1939, p. 84 "Gauss's Mean-Value Theorem"...
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    formulation of Gauss equation up to a trivial rearrangement. Similarly rewriting the magnetic flux in Gauss's law for magnetism in integral form gives ∮...
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  • Curve Fenchel's theorem Theorema egregium Gauss–Bonnet theorem First fundamental form Second fundamental form Gauss–Codazzi–Mainardi equations Dupin indicatrix...
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    polynomials Gauss–Legendre algorithm Legendre's constant Legendre's equation in number theory Legendre's functional relation for elliptic integrals Legendre's...
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    the German school of mathematical thinking, under which Carl Friedrich Gauss and his followers largely determined the lines on which mathematics developed...
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    to have considered the factorial of a complex number, as instead Gauss first did. Gauss also proved the multiplication theorem of the gamma function and...
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  • theorem of algebra, also called d'Alembert's theorem or the d'Alembert–Gauss theorem, states that every non-constant single-variable polynomial with...
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    constant have been calculated. Gauss's constant, denoted by G, is equal to ϖ /π ≈ 0.8346268 and named after Carl Friedrich Gauss, who calculated it via the...
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  • us mention two classical examples, Dirichlet’s divisor problem and the Gauss’ circle problem. The former estimates the size of d(n), the number of positive...
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    is positive then the digamma function has the following integral representation due to Gauss: ψ ( z ) = ∫ 0 ∞ ( e − t t − e − z t 1 − e − t ) d t . {\displaystyle...
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  • of integrals on algebraic manifolds: Summary of main results and discussion of open problems (Gives a quick sketch of main structure theorem of Gauss–Manin...
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    Complex plane (redirect from Gauss Plane)
    as a rotation. The complex plane is sometimes called the Argand plane or Gauss plane. In complex analysis, the complex numbers are customarily represented...
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    if the charge is in motion). Outline of proof Taking S in the integral form of Gauss's law to be a spherical surface of radius r, centered at the point...
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    The shoelace formula, also known as Gauss's area formula and the surveyor's formula, is a mathematical algorithm to determine the area of a simple polygon...
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  • In vector calculus flux is a scalar quantity, defined as the surface integral of the perpendicular component of a vector field over a surface. The word...
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    considering a Gaussian surface around a body. Mathematically, Gauss's law takes the form of an integral equation: Φ E = ∮ S E ⋅ d A = Q enclosed ε 0 = ∫ V ρ ε...
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  • approximating function, the logarithmic integral li(x) (under the slightly different form of a series, which he communicated to Gauss). Both Legendre's and Dirichlet's...
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    integral of the curvature over the whole surface. As a special case of what is now called the Gauss–Bonnet theorem, Gauss proved that this integral was...
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