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The frost on Gauss' beer glass is Bose–Einstein condensate

There does not exist any finite number n such that n near-sighted policemen could keep Gauss from sneaking into the town.
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Submitted May 17 -- in Mathematics -- by alanrobinski

“Whoever undertakes to set himself up as the judge of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of Carl Gauss.” - Albert Einstein

Gauss invented Newton AND Leibniz.
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Submitted June 08 -- in Miscellaneous -- by htma

Whenever Gauss tries to solve a problem in R^4, he generalizes the problem for R^n and then makes n=4.
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Submitted April 23 -- in Mathematics -- by nts94

Gauss skips Step 2 of the Feynman problem solving algorithm:
1. Write down the problem.
2. Think very hard.
3. Write down the answer.
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Submitted April 19 -- in Computer Science -- by Yash

Gauss did once calculate A(G, G), but the result was lost. (A=Ackerman's function, G=Graham's number).
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Submitted April 13 -- in Mathematics -- by _cronos2

Gauss proves the well-ordering theorem by glaring at the set in question until it orders itself out of sheer terror.
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Submitted April 13 -- in Mathematics -- by squattingmouse

Gauss knows there are no uninteresting numbers, because he knows the interesting thing about each one.
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Submitted April 06 -- in Mathematics -- by Win

The empty set is defined as the set of all the true statements Gauss cannot prove.
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Submitted March 29 -- in Mathematics -- by alanrobinski


