"Tom Lake" wrote:
> Although it doesn't mention 1800, here's a Website that
> discusses some of Gauss' flaws:
>
> http://www.georgeszpiro.com/index.asp?page=kepler/chapter07.htm
>
> "Why did Gauss's formula for the determination of Easter
> holiday stop in 1999? In his calculations he went all the
> way to leap2-years but, unlike Pope Gregory, he decided to
> stop short of leap3-years. That means that his formula
> gives the correct results only until the first leap3-year,
> which was the year 2000. After that, the results are off
> by one day, and after the year 2400 they will be off by two
> days. That's a real shame, because it would have been ever
> so nice to use Gauss's method at least until the year 2525."
Thanks, Tom, that is indeed an interesting webpage. However,
it doesn't explain the correct calculations given by Gauss'
formula as reproduced here:
http://home.get.no/~dudley/calendar/flow_01.pdf
I remain baffled! :(
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