The problem of distinguishi... by Carl Friedrich Gauss, a German Mathematician

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“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.”

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Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Name: Carl Friedrich Gauss

Nationality: German

Date of Birth: Apr 30, 1777

Date of Death: Feb 23, 1855

Profession: Mathematician

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