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 sometimes given as Karl Gustav Jakob.
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi | |
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| Born | 10 December 1804 Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia |
| 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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