Translation of Gauss's Theoria Attractionis Corporum Sphaeroidicorum Ellipticorum Homogeneorum methodo novo tractata (1813)
This is a translation into English of Gauss's famous Theoria attractionis corporum sphaeroidicorum ellipticorum homogeneorum methodo novo tractata published in the Commentationes Societatis Regiae Scientiarum Gottingensis recentiores in 1813 (Abbreviated variously as Societ. Reg. Scient. , or Comm. Got. recent. ), a publication of the Akademie der Wissenschaften in Göttingen. It was also published in Werke vol. V, pp. 1-22. See this link on HathiTrust . This is a rough draft, it should be accurate but may have typos or awkward wording. I have plenty of notes to share to explain what's going on in more modern language, so I'll update this page as I go. I have typeset the original Latin and the English translation in LaTex, so I'll post the sources as usual. English LaTex source Latin LaTex source ENGLISH LATIN