[Gauss calculated the elements of the planet Ceres] and his analysis proved him to be the first of theoretical astronomers no less than the greatest of 'arithmeticians.'
"Mathematica: The Philomath's Quotation Book". Book by Robert Édouard Moritz, p. 157, 1942.
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