Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Mathematician, Academic
1804 – 1851
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Who was Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi?
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi was a German mathematician, who made fundamental contributions to elliptic functions, dynamics, differential equations, and number theory. His name is occasionally written as Carolus Gustavus Iacobus Iacobi in his Latin books, and his first name is sometimes given as Karl.
Jacobi was the first Jewish mathematician to be appointed professor at a German university.
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- Born
- Dec 10, 1804
Potsdam - Also known as
- Καρλ Γκούσταβ Τζάκομπ Τζακόμπι
- 卡爾·雅可比
- Siblings
- Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Germans
- Nationality
- Germany
- Profession
- Education
- Humboldt University of Berlin
- Lived in
- Potsdam
- Died
- Feb 18, 1851
Berlin
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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