Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Born
Jacques Simon Jacobi

(1804-12-10)10 December 1804
Died18 February 1851(1851-02-18) (aged 46)
Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Alma materUniversity of Berlin (PhD, Dr. habil.)
Known for
RelativesMoritz von Jacobi (brother)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematics
InstitutionsUniversity of Königsberg
University of Berlin
ThesisDisquisitiones Analyticae de Fractionibus Simplicibus (1825)
Doctoral advisorEnno Dirksen
Doctoral students
Other notable studentsGustav Kirchhoff

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (/əˈkbi/; 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.