Mathematical calculations, based on the laws of Kepler, will enable this problem to be solved, and gauss succeeded in solving it.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball
A young German mathematician, whose name was gauss, opened his distinguished career by a successful attempt to solve this problem.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball
This information was available to gauss, and the problem which he had to solve may be thus stated.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball