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  2. Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (/ dʒ ə ˈ k oʊ b i /; German:; 10 December 1804 – 18 February 1851) was a German mathematician who made fundamental contributions to elliptic functions, dynamics, differential equations, determinants, and number theory.

  3. May 29, 2018 · Jacobi, Carl Gustav Jacob. ( b. Potsdam, Germany, 10 December 1804; d. Berlin, Germany, 18 February 1851) mathematics. The second son of Simon Jacobi, a Jewish banker, the precocious boy (originally called Jacques Simon) grew up in a wealthy and cultured family.

  4. Childhood & Early Life. Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi was the second of the four children born to banker Simon Jacobi on December 10, 1804 in Potsdam. He belonged to Ashkenazi Jewish ancestry. His elder brother Moritz von Jacobi went on to become an engineer and physicist.

  5. Carl was the second son of the family, the eldest being Moritz Jacobi who eventually became a famous physicist. Moritz Jacobi has an entry in his own right in [1]. There was a sister, Therese Jacobi, and a third brother, Eduard Jacobi, who was younger than Carl.

  6. Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi was born in Potsdam on 10 December 1804, the second son of the banker Simon Jacobi and his wife, from whose marriage two sons, Moritz and Eduard, and a daughter, Thérèse, sprang.

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  8. 1804-1851. German Mathematician. K arl Jacobi made his most notable contributions to mathematics in the area of elliptic functions.

  9. Feb 8, 2018 · Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (1804 - 1851) Jewish-German mathematician best known for the Jacobian matrix and the Jacobi symbol. The second son of a successful banker, young Carl was home-schooled until the age of 12, when he entered the Potsdam high school.

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