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Originally Posted by ThePerfectHacker  Post any mathematicians that have very similar names and get easily lead to confusion.
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1. Carl Friedrich Gauß, The Princeps Mathematecorum, 1777 - 1855
2. Friedrich Gustav Gauß, 1829 - 1915
F. G. Gauß was one of the most important surveyors and his logarithmetic and trigonometric tables are still in use (if you don't have a computer at hand or can't get any fresh batteries)