Re: [HM] Early Algebraic Proofs of FTA

Subject: Re: [HM] Early Algebraic Proofs of FTA
From: Heinz Lueneburg (luene@mathematik.uni-kl.de)
Date: Tue Apr 11 2000 - 04:14:24 EDT

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Christopher Baltus wrote:

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> [Note that Gauss devoted two articles of his 1799 thesis on the FTA
> to Foncenex, but does not mention Laplace.]
>

Gauss mentions Laplace later in the announcement of his second proof

Goettingische gelehrte Anzeigen. 1815, Dezember 23.
Collected Papers 3, 105-106

There he also criticizes that Laplace assumes the existence of roots.

Best regards, Heinz Lueneburg

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