Gauss left Göttingen in 1798 without a diploma, but by this time he had made one of his most important discoveries - the construction of a regular 17-gon by ruler and compasses This was the most major advance in this field since the time of Greek mathematics and was published as Section VII of Gauss's famous work, Disquisitiones Arithmeticae.
Gauss kaliwa Gottingen sa 1798 na walang diploma, ngunit sa pamamagitan ng mga oras na ito niya na ginawa ng isa sa kanyang pinaka-mahalagang discoveries - ang pagbubuo ng isang regular na 17-gon sa pamamagitan ng pinuno at compasses Ito ay ang pinaka-malaking pagsulong sa larangan na ito dahil sa ang panahon ng Griyego matematika at noon ay inilathala bilang Section VII ng gauss ng bantog na trabaho, Disquisitiones Arithmeticae.