List of things named after Carl Friedrich Gauss

Mathematics

[Algebra] and [linear algebra]

[Geometry] and [differential geometry]

[Number theory]

[Cyclotomic field]s

• Gaussian period
• Gaussian rational
• Gauss sum, an exponential sum over Dirichlet characters
• *Elliptic Gauss sum, an analog of a Gauss sum
• *Quadratic Gauss sum

  [Analysis], [numerical analysis], [vector calculus] and [calculus of variations]

[Complex analysis] and [convex analysis]

• Gauss–Lucas theorem
• Gauss's continued fraction, an analytic continued fraction derived from the hypergeometric functions
• Gauss's criterion – described on
• Gauss's hypergeometric theorem, an identity on hypergeometric series
• Gauss Plane

  Statistics

• Gauss–Kuzmin distribution, a discrete probability distribution
• Gauss–Markov process
• Gauss–Markov theorem
• Gaussian copula
• Gaussian measure
• *Gaussian correlation inequality
• *Gaussian isoperimetric inequality
• Gauss's inequality

  Gaussian function and topics named for it

Knot theory

• Gauss code – described on
• Gauss linking integral

  Other mathematical areas

• Gauss's algorithm for Determination of the day of the week
• Gauss's Easter algorithm
• Gaussian bracket – described on
• Gaussian's modular arithmetic
• Gaussian integer, usually written as
• Gaussian logarithms

  [Cartography]

• Gauss–Krüger coordinate system
• Gaussian grid

  Physics

• Gaussian optics

  [Classical mechanics]

• Gauss's principle of least constraint
• For orbit determination in orbital mechanics:
• *Gauss's law for gravity
• *Gaussian gravitational constant
• *Gaussian year

  [Quantum mechanics]

• Gaussian orbital

  [Electromagnetism]

• gauss, the CGS unit for magnetic field
• Degaussing, to demagnetize an object
• Gauss rifle or coilgun
• Gauss's law for magnetism
• Gaussian surface
• *Gauss's law, giving the relationship between flux through a closed surface and the enclosed source

  Awards and recognitions

• Carl Friedrich Gauss Prize, a mathematics award
• Gauss Lectureship, a mathematical distinction
• The Gauss Mathematics Competition in Canadian junior high schools, an annual national mathematics competition administered by the Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing

  Place names and expedition named in his honour

Institutions named in his honour

• The Carl-Friedrich-Gauß School for Mathematics, Computer Science, Business Administration, Economics, and Social Sciences of Braunschweig University of Technology
• The Carl-Friedrich-Gauss Gymnasium in Worms, Germany

  Other things named for him

• Gaussia, a palm genus described by Hermann Wendland with the then new species Gaussia princeps, collected by Charles Wright in western Cuba. Named in “memoriam astronomi Caroli Friderici Gauss”.
• Gaussia, a genus of copepods
• Gaussian, a computational chemistry software program
• GAUSS, a matrix programming language for mathematics and statistics