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arxiv: 1704.06585 · v1 · pith:RXBJBESHnew · submitted 2017-04-21 · 🧮 math.CV

On Gauss's first proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra

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Carl Friedrich Gauss is often given credit for providing the first correct proof of the fundamental theorem of algebra in his 1799 doctoral dissertation. However, Gauss's proof contained a significant gap. In this paper, we give an elementary way of filling the gap in Gauss's proof.

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