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gauss (gous) [for C. F. Gauss Gauss, Carl Friedrich (kärl frē`drĭkh gous) ..... Click the link for more information. ], abbr. G, unit of magnetic flux density (see flux, magnetic flux, magnetic, in physics, term used to describe the total amount of magnetic field in a given region. The term flux was chosen because the power of a magnet seems to "flow" out of the magnet at one pole and return at the other pole in a circulating pattern, ..... Click the link for more information. ) equal to 0.0001 (10−4) weber tesla [for Nikola Tesla ], abbr. T, is the unit of magnetic flux density, which is a measure of the strength of a magnetic field in a given region. See electric and magnetic units . ..... Click the link for more information. per square meter. Since this unit is derived from the cgs system cgs system, system of units of measurement based on the metric system and having the centimeter of length, the gram of mass, and the second of time as its fundamental units. Other cgs units are the dyne of force and the erg of work or energy. ..... Click the link for more information. of units rather than the mks system mks system, system of units of measurement based on the metric system and having the meter of length, the kilogram of mass, and the second of time as its fundamental units. ..... Click the link for more information. , it is largely obsolete. See electric and magnetic units electric and magnetic units, units used to express the magnitudes of various quantities in electricity and magnetism. Three systems of such units, all based on the metric system , are commonly used. ..... Click the link for more information. . gaussA unit of measurement of magnetic intensity named after Karl F. Gauss (1777-1855), considered to be one of the greatest mathematicians of all time. See degauss. gauss the cgs unit of magnetic flux density; the flux density that will induce an emf of 1 abvolt (10--8 volt) per centimetre in a wire moving across the field at a velocity of 1 centimetre per second. 1 gauss is equivalent to 10--4 tesla Gauss Karl Friedrich . 1777--1855, German mathematician: developed the theory of numbers and applied mathematics to astronomy, electricity and magnetism, and geodesy
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Gauss made the first application of his discovery in calculating a precise orbit for the asteroid that had disappeared, and when astronomers looked for this asteroid in the position he predicted it would be, which was in October of the same year, indeed they found it there. The Prince Of Mathematics: Carl Friedrich Gauss, knowledgeably and engagingly written by mathematics teacher M. thesis, Bhargava proved several important theorems in a branch of number theory that grew out of work done by German mathematician Karl Friedrich Gauss in 1801. |
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