Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
German mathematician (1804–1851)
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]
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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[1][2] Jacobian matrix and determinant[3] Jacobi ellipsoid Jacobi polynomials[4][5] Jacobi transform Jacobi operator Hamilton–Jacobi equation Popularizing the character ∂[6] |
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| 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 |
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References
change- ↑ Weisstein, Eric W. "Jacobi Elliptic Functions." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/JacobiEllipticFunctions.html
- ↑ Jacobi elliptic functions. E.D. Solomentsev (originator), Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Jacobi_elliptic_functions&oldid=11940
- ↑ Weisstein, Eric W. "Jacobian." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Jacobian.html
- ↑ Weisstein, Eric W. "Jacobi Polynomial." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/JacobiPolynomial.html
- ↑ Jacobi polynomials. P.K. Suetin (originator), Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://www.encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=Jacobi_polynomials&oldid=18958
- ↑ Aldrich, John. "Earliest Uses of Symbols of Calculus". Retrieved 20 April 2017.
- ↑ "Jacobi, Carl Gustav Jacob". Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary.
- ↑ Aderet, Ofer (25 November 2011). "Setting the record straight about Jewish mathematicians in Nazi Germany". Haaretz.