translate English to German: Gauss earned a scholarship and in college, he independently rediscovered several important theorems; his breakthrough occurred in 1796 when he correctly characterized all the regular polygons that can be constructed by ruler and compass alone, thereby completing work started by classical Greek mathematicians.
Johann Carl Friedrich Gauß (* 30. April 1777 in Braunschweig , † 23. Februar 1855 in Göttingen ), war ein deutscher Mathematiker , Astronom , Geodät und Physiker mit einem breit gefächerten Feld an Interessen.