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Timeline for Gauss's views on pure mathematics

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Jun 13, 2012 at 10:40 history made wiki Post Made Community Wiki by Papiro
Jun 13, 2012 at 10:38 comment added Papiro @Lemmermeyer: Tent's book has no references... In Preface, The narrative of Gauss' life is based on stories Gauss told about himself and letters and descriptions that have come down to us. The vignettes and conversations are based as closely as possible on reports of what actually happened. No references...
Jun 13, 2012 at 9:22 comment added Franz Lemmermeyer Do any of these authors give a reference for this letter?
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Apr 23, 2012 at 14:25 comment added Igor Rivin I wonder how that number (400 thalers) compared to, e.g., a shopkeeper's income...
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Apr 23, 2012 at 13:53 comment added Roland Bacher Surely that playing with billions, diverting $.0001$ percent into its pocket and eventually loosing them is considered much more useful.
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