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How did Gauss find the units of the cubic field $\mathbb Q[n^{1/3}]$?

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Several questions about Gauss's mathematical conception of braids

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Question about the theory behind an important footnote to entry 109 in Gauss's diary

ca.classical-analysis-and-odes ho.history-overview modular-forms asked May 17, 2021 at 18:25
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How to interpret Gauss's late fragments on conformal mapping of the interior of an ellipse (to the unit disk) in modern mathematical terms?

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How did Gauss sum Eisenstein series?

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Question about a lesser-known "class number formula" of Gauss

nt.number-theory reference-request analytic-number-theory algebraic-number-theory asked Jan 20, 2020 at 22:47
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Explanation of several unpublished remarks of Gauss on representations of a given number as sums of two, three and four squares

nt.number-theory ho.history-overview sums-of-squares asked Jun 19, 2021 at 10:08
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How did Newton guess that the answer to the 3-dimensional "kissing problem" is 12?

mathematics debunking asked Aug 31, 2016 at 12:26
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What are the modern connections of the Pentagramma Mirificum studied by Gauss?

biographical-details geometry abstract-algebra asked Aug 12, 2018 at 12:08
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Did Gauss know Jacobi's four squares theorem?

mathematics biographical-details gauss asked Jul 3, 2017 at 13:58
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