Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic/Historical Note
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Historical Note on Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic
The Fundamental Theorem of Arithmetic was known to Euclid.
However, it was first proved formally by Carl Friedrich Gauss in his Disquisitiones Arithmeticae in $\text {1801}$.
Sources
- 1992: George F. Simmons: Calculus Gems ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $\text {A}.25$: Gauss ($\text {1777}$ – $\text {1855}$)
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): fundamental theorem of arithmetic
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): fundamental theorem of arithmetic