The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic.
-- Carl Friedrich Gauss
   
Carl Friedrich Gauss   Name:
Carl Friedrich Gauss
Type:
Mathematician
Nationality:
German
Birth:
April 30, 1777
Death:
February 23, 1855
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