Home›Articles›Gauss at the calculating table: algorithms before computersArticleGauss at the calculating table: algorithms before computersArticlesConnectionsSourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)ConnectionsArticle OnCarl Friedrich Gauss, Pioneers Well-attested SourcesCarl Friedrich Gauss (Wikipedia)Mathematics, Numerical analysisQuote, Mathematics, Numerical analysisGauss invented an algorithm for calculating what is now called discrete Fourier transforms when calculating the orbits of Pallas and Juno in 1805, 160 years before Cooley and Tukey found their similar Cooley-Tukey algorithm.View the SourceComputing Atlas Original Articlestier 1Comments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.