Carl Jacobi: Quick Facts


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Also Known As Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Born December 10, 1804 • Potsdam • Germany
Died February 18, 1851 (aged 46) • Berlin • Germany
Notable Works “De Formatione et Proprietatibus Determinantium” • “Vorlesungenüber Dynamik”
Subjects Of Study dynamics • elliptic function • partial differential equation

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