Legendre guessed the formula (thea deviné la formule [the quadratic reciprocity law) andlaw] et Gauss became instantly famous by proving itest devenu instatanément célèbre en la prouvant. Finding generalizationsEn trouver des généralisations, for example to rings of integer algebrapar exemple aux anneaux d'entiers algébriques, or other demonstrations wasou d'autres démonstrations a nationalconstitué un sport for the German dynasty sparked bynational pour la dynastie allemande suscité par Gauss until the rest of the worldjusqu'à ce que le reste du monde, starting with the Japaneseà commencer par le Japonais Takagi inen 1920 and to continue byet à continuer par Chevalley about ten years laterune dizaine d'années plus tard, discovered the subject anddécouvre le sujet et, afteraprès 1945, makes it explodele fasse exploser. Governed by a High Commission that rigorously monitors the alignment of its Great PyramidsGouverné par un Haut Commissariat qui surveille rigoureusement l'alignement de ses Grandes Pyramides, today it is one of the most respected areas of Mathematicsc'est aujourd'hui l'un des domaines les plus respectés des Mathématiques. --- Roger Godement
(English translation: Legendre guessed the formula [the quadratic reciprocity law] and Gauss instantly became famous by proving it. Finding generalizations, for example to ring of algebraic integers, or other proofs was a national sport for the German dynasty sparked by Gauss until the rest of the world, starting with the Japanese Takagi in 1920 and pursued by Chevalley about ten years later, discovered the subject and, after 1945, makes it explode. Governed by a High Commission that rigorously monitors the alignment of its Great Pyramids, today it is one of the most respected areas of Mathematics.)
(Roger Godement)