Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi, Vorlesungen über Dynamik [Lectures on Dynamics] (1842/3; publ. 1884).
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Any progress in the theory of partial differential equations must also bring about a progress in Mechanics.
— Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi on Differential equation
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About Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (/dʒəˈkoʊbi/; 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.
About Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi (/dʒəˈkoʊbi/; 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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