Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Born	Jacques Simon Jacobi; 10 December 1804; Potsdam, Margraviate of Brandenburg, Kingdom of Prussia, Holy Roman Empire
Died	18 February 1851 (aged 46); Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia, German Confederation
Education	University of Berlin (PhD, Dr. habil.)
Known for	Popularizing the character ∂; 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	Carl Wilhelm Borchardt; Paul Gordan; Otto Hesse; Friedrich Julius Richelot; Wilhelm Scheibner;
Other notable students	Gustav Kirchhoff

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (/jɑːˈkoʊbiˌ 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.