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Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
1804 – 1851 · aged 47
German mathematician (1804–1851)
- Born
- 10 Dec 1804 · Potsdam
- Died
- 18 Feb 1851 · Berlin
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- 10 Dec 1804BornBorn in Potsdam
- 1830AwardGrand prix des sciences mathématiques
- 1833AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 18 Feb 1851DiedDied in Berlin
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- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
Biography
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (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.
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