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Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
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Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi was a German mathematician who made fundamental contributions to elliptic functions, dynamics, differential equations, determinants and number theory.

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  1. Alvan ClarkMarch 8, 1804 – August 19, 1887
  2. Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (this page)December 10, 1804 – February 18, 1851
  3. Louis-François-Clement BreguetDecember 22, 1804 – October 27, 1883
  4. Viktor BunyakovskyDecember 16, 1804 – November 30, 1889
  5. Wilhelm Eduard WeberOctober 24, 1804 – June 23, 1891
  6. William Rowan HamiltonAugust 4, 1805 – September 2, 1865

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