Disquisitiones arithmeticae
114. This work, the first textbook on algebraic number theory, is important
for its demonstration of the proof of the Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic,
that every composite number can be expressed as a product of prime numbers
and that this representation is unique.
Creator:
Gauss, Carl Friedrich
Published:
In commiss. apud Gerh. Fleischer, jun, Lipsiae, 1801
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