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The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
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"The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic."
— Carl Friedrich Gauss

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The problem of distinguishing prime numbers from composite numbers and of resolving the latter into their prime factors is known to be one of the most important and useful in arithmetic. — Carl Friedrich Gauss

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Carl Friedrich Gauss was a Mathematician from Confederation of the Rhine (1777–1855).

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This quote is attributed to Carl Friedrich Gauss, a Mathematician from Confederation of the Rhine.
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Carl Friedrich Gauss lived from 1777 – 1855.