Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi | |
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| Born | Jacques Simon Jacobi 10 December 1804 |
| Died | 18 February 1851 (aged 46) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation |
| Alma mater | University of Berlin (PhD, Dr. habil.) |
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| Relatives | Moritz von Jacobi (brother) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Königsberg University of Berlin |
| Thesis | Disquisitiones Analyticae de Fractionibus Simplicibus (1825) |
| Doctoral advisor | Enno Dirksen |
| Doctoral students | |
| Other notable students | Gustav Kirchhoff |
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.