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German mathematician who was a great formalist, and was generally regarded as the most inspiring teacher of his time (Bell 1937, p. 330). In 1842, he visited Cambridge. Upon his return, he was asked who he thought to be the greatest mathematician in England. He replied "there is none" (Boyer 1968, p. 621). When asked about his excessive devotion to his work, Jacobi responded "Certainly I have sometimes endangered my health by overwork, but what of it? Only cabbages have no nerves, no worries. And what do they get out of their perfect wellbeing?" (Bell 1937, pp. 329-330). Nevertheless, Jacobi suffered a breakdown from overwork in 1843.

Jacobi wrote the classic treatise on elliptic functionsFundamenta Nova Theoriae Functionum Ellipticarum (1829). He also studied Jacobi theta functions, which are named in his honor. Gauss had already worked out many of the properties of Elliptic Functions, but never published them. Jacobi was the first, however, to apply elliptic functions to number theory. Using this method, he

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There have been very few people who have earned a good name and fame for showing genius abilities in not only one, rather several different fields. And Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi belongs to this category of rare intellectuals whose work has found extended applications in several different areas. So today, on Jacobi’s 216th birth anniversary, let’s learn a little bit about his celebrated life.

Background and Education:

Carl Jacobi was born to a Jewish banker’s well-off family in Postdam, Germany, on December 10, 1804. Carl was the second son of the family. His eldest brother Moritz Jacobi went on to become

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Quick Info

Born

10 December 1804
Potsdam, Prussia (now Germany)

Died

18 February 1851
Berlin, Germany

Summary

Carl Jacobi made basic contributions to the theory of elliptic functions. He carried out important research in partial differential equations of the first order and applied them to the differential equations of dynamics.

Biography

Carl Jacobi came from a Jewish family but he was given the French style name Jacques Simon at birth. His father, Simon Jacobi, was a banker and his family were prosperous. 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. Eduard did not pursue an academic career, but followed instead his father's profession as a banker.

Jacobi's early education was given by an uncle on his mother's side, and then, just before his twelfth birthday, Jacobi entered the Gymnasium in Potsdam. He had been well taught by his uncle an