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by mmmmmmmike
959 days ago
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I think that’s more about what he chose to publish. He was known for discovering things and keeping them to himself. As I understand it, he actually first came to conjecture quadratic reciprocity after doing incredible amounts of calculation by hand and noticing the pattern. |
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Indeed, this was Gauss's method for exploring the mathematical landscape; vast calculations were his "microscope" and "experimental apparatus". He had a passion for computation, which he applied later in his life fully in his astronomy work.