Top 5 Quotes & Sayings by Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Explore popular quotes and sayings by a German mathematician Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi.
Last updated on December 22, 2024.
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi was a German mathematician who made fundamental contributions to elliptic functions, dynamics, differential equations, determinants, and number theory. His name is occasionally written as Carolus Gustavus Iacobus Iacobi in his Latin books, and his first name is sometimes given as Karl.
Wherever Mathematics is mixed up with anything, which is outside its field, you will find attempts to demonstrate these merely conventional propositions a priori, and it will be your task to find out the false deduction in each case.
The God that reigns in Olympus is Number Eternal.
Mathematics exists solely for the honour of the human mind.
The object of mathematics is the honor of the human spirit.