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Gauss once said suppose sqrt(2) = p/q where p&q are integers. He found 2 such integers.
Submitted June 22 -- in Mathematics -- by rossi
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Gauss knows explicit well-orderings of the reals.
Submitted April 06 -- in Mathematics -- by Norym
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There are no theorems, just a list of propositions Gauss allows to be true.
Submitted June 22 -- in Mathematics -- by Matt
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For Gauss, arithmetic is consistent AND complete.
Submitted June 22 -- in Mathematics -- by Logic_Nest
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Cayley's theorem is true because Gauss had only created permutation groups.
Submitted November 12 -- in Mathematics -- by ilCapo
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