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gaussCentimetre-gram-second (c.g.s.) unit of magnetic induction or magnetic flux density, replaced by the SI unit, the tesla, but still commonly used. It is equal to one line of magnetic flux per square centimetre. The Earth's magnetic field is about 0.5 Gs, and changes to it over time are measured in gammas (one gamma equals 10−5 gauss). |
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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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