Who Invented Gaussian Elimination?

Figure 5. Carl Friedrich Gauss

Carl Friedrich Gauss
Gauss also made important contributions to number theory with his 1801 book Disquisitiones Arithmeticae (Latin, Arithmetical Investigations), which, among other things, introduced the triple bar symbol ≡ for congruence and used it in a clean presentation of modular arithmetic, contained the first two proofs of the law ...
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(1777–1855) devised the first professional method, replacing “common elimination”.

Who discovered Gaussian elimination?

Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777–1855) devised the first professional method, replacing “common elimination”.

Did Gauss invent Gaussian elimination?

In mathematics, Gaussian elimination (also called row reduction) is a method used to solve systems of linear equations. It is named after Carl Friedrich Gauss, a famous German mathematician who wrote about this method, but did not invent it.

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