Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

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	(1804-12-10)10 December 1804 Potsdam, Kingdom of Prussia
Died	18 February 1851(1851-02-18) (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]
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

• 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.
•  "Jacobi, Karl Gustav Jakob" . Encyclopedia Americana. 1920.
• "Jacobi, Karl Gustav Jakob" . New International Encyclopedia. 1905.
• "Jacobi, Karl Gustav Jakob" . The American Cyclopædia. 1879.
• Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi - Œuvres complètes Gallica-Math