Disquisitiones Arithmeticae

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

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

Inhalt
Congruent Numbers in General.- Congruences of the First Degree.- Residues of Powers.- Congruences of the Second Degree.- Forms and Indeterminate Equations of the Second Degree.- Various Applications of the Preceding Discussions.- Equations Defining Sections of a Circle.- Additional Notes.- Tables.- Gauss' Handwritten Notes.- List of Special Symbols.- Directory of Terms.