Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
1804 - 1851
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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.
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| Honours awarded to Carl Jacobi (Click below for those honoured in this way) | |
| Fellow of the Royal Society | 1833 |
| Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh | 1845 |
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