gaussfacts

The Greatest Mathematician Since Antiquity

This package displays randomly-chosen facts about Carl Friedrich Gauss, based on the collection curated by Mike Cavers via the gaussfacts web site. Each call of gaussfacts() displays another (randomly chosen) fact.

Example

R> library(gaussfacts)                  # load the package
R> set.seed(1)                          # so that this is predictable
R> gaussfact()
Gauss can shave with Occam's razor.
R>

Package Status

Complete and functional, no dependencies, passes tests.

Installation

The package is on CRAN and can be installed via a standard

R> install.packages("gaussfacts")

Author

Dirk Eddelbuettel

License

GPL (>= 2)