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## Carl Friedrich Gauß

Biography

Ph.D. Universität Helmstedt 1799
Dissertation: Demonstratio nova theorematis omnem functionem algebraicam rationalem integram unius variabilis in factores reales primi vel secundi gradus resolvi posse

Advisor 1: Johann Friedrich Pfaff

Students:
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Name | School | Year | Descendants
--- | --- | --- | ---
Bessel, Friedrich | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | 1810 | 38584
Dedekind, J. W. Richard | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | 1852 |
Encke, Johann |  |  | 11355
Gerling, Christian | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | 1812 | 63643
Germain, Sophie | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | 1830 |
Gräffe, Carl | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | 1825 |
Klinkerfues, Wilhelm | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | 1855 |
Listing, Johann | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | 1834 | 1786
Riemann, Bernhard | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | 1851 | 2221
Schumacher, Heinrich | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | 1806 | 91
Spehr, Friedrich Wilhelm | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | 1824 |
Stern, Moritz | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | 1829 |
Svanberg, Gustaf | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen and Uppsala Universitet | 1825 | 2
von Staudt, Karl | Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg | 1822 |
Wichmann, Moritz | Georg-August-Universität Göttingen | 1843 |

According to our current on-line database, Carl Gauß has 15 students and 89321 descendants.
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