Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Born	(1804-12-10)10 December 1804 Potsdam, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire
Died	18 February 1851(1851-02-18) (aged 46) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Alma mater	University of Berlin (PhD, Dr. habil.)
Known for	Popularizing the character ∂[1] Jacobi eigenvalue algorithm Jacobi ellipsoid Jacobi elliptic functions Jacobi identity Jacobi method Jacobi operator Jacobi polynomials Jacobi symbol Jacobi transform Jacobian matrix Hamilton–Jacobi equation Abel–Jacobi theorem
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	Paul Gordan Otto Hesse Friedrich Julius Richelot
Other notable students	Gustav Kirchhoff

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (/dʒəˈkoʊbi/;^[2] German: [jaˈkoːbi]; 10 December 1804 – 18 February 1851)^[a] was a German mathematician who made fundamental contributions to elliptic functions, dynamics, differential equations, determinants and number theory.

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