Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
German mathematician
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (/dʒəˈkoʊbi/;[7] German: [jaˈkoːbi]; 10 December 1804 – 18 February 1851) was a German mathematician who contributed to elliptic functions, differential equations, determinants, and number theory. He was the first Jewish mathematician to be appointed professor at a German university.[8]
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Born | |
Died | 18 February 1851 Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia | (aged 46)
Nationality | German |
Alma mater | University of Berlin (Ph.D., 1825) |
Known for | Jacobi's elliptic functions[1][2] Jacobian matrix and determinant[3] Jacobi ellipsoid Jacobi polynomials[4][5] Jacobi transform Jacobi operator Hamilton–Jacobi equation Popularizing the character ∂[6] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematician |
Institutions | Königsberg University |
Thesis | Disquisitiones Analyticae de Fractionibus Simplicibus (1825) |
Doctoral advisor | Enno Dirksen |
Doctoral students | Paul Gordan Otto Hesse Friedrich Julius Richelot |
Other websites
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/Wikiquote-logo.svg/34px-Wikiquote-logo.svg.png)
Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
- Jacobi's Vorlesungen über Dynamik
- O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi", MacTutor History of Mathematics archive, University of St Andrews.
. Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.
- New International Encyclopedia. 1905. .
- . The American Cyclopædia. 1879.
- Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi - Œuvres complètes Gallica-Math
References
🔥 Top keywords: Main PageSpecial:SearchSupreme Court of the United StatesList of UEFA European Championship finalsWikipedia:AboutList of U.S. statesHelp:ContentsHelp:IntroductionKnights of the Round TableList of Disney moviesBlackSpecial:RecentChangesGodzilla X Kong: The New EmpireList of people who have walked on the MoonList of U.S. states and territories by time zoneUnited StatesThe Garfield MovieEducation24-hour clockEid al-AdhaGolden EdgeQueen (band)List of countries by continentsAviciiBig Mac IndexAdolf Hitler UunonaUmro Ayyar - A New BeginningMurder of Junko FurutaHelp:Authority controlCristiano RonaldoBismillahir Rahmanir Raheem19 Kids and CountingSOLID (object-oriented design)Jude BellinghamXXXTentacionLisa SparxxxPeriodic tableList of fruitsBTS