Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (/dʒəˈkoʊbi/; German: [jaˈkoːbi]; 10 December 1804 – 18 February 1851) was a German mathematician who made fundamental contributions to elliptic functions, dynamics, differential equations, determinants, and number theory. His name is occasionally written as Carolus Gustavus Iacobus Iacobi in his Latin books, and his first name is sometimes given as Karl.
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi | |
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| Born | 10 December 1804 |
| Died | 18 February 1851 (aged 46) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia |
| Nationality | German |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin (Ph.D., 1825) |
| Known for | Jacobi's elliptic functions Jacobian Jacobi symbol Jacobi ellipsoid Jacobi polynomials Jacobi transform Jacobi identity Jacobi operator Hamilton–Jacobi equation Jacobi method Jacobi eigenvalue algorithm Popularizing the character ∂ |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Königsberg University |
| Thesis | Disquisitiones Analyticae de Fractionibus Simplicibus (1825) |
| Doctoral advisor | Enno Dirksen |
| Doctoral students | Paul Gordan Otto Hesse Friedrich Julius Richelot |
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