Talk:Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

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Religion section[edit]

I don’t see why there should be any religion entry in Jacobi's article Infobox. For now I only made the things clearer-Jacobi didn't convert to Christianity as a religious act but rather he did it since there was no other option for him in this anti-Semitic Prussian society, like to many other Jews back then who want to have free profession, but to do so. To avoid disagreements I suggest that we Just delete this entry which has shaky importance any way.--Gilisa 16:22, 14 November 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I didn't get no answers for why keeping the religion entry since my last posting here, more than 1 year ago. Jacoby converted to christianity most definitely beacause there was no other way for Jews, back then, to be appointed to academic and administrative positions without doing so. My claim is supported by all serioues biographies of Jacoby. So, mentioning "his" religion specifically in an entry is defying and misleading.--Gilisa (talk) 07:52, 11 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Give us references to why his conversion was fake. If what you say is true then it is very serious that he faked his way into profession. The article is already inconsistent since it says he was a Jew when becoming a professor. The article also says he converted before. 83.250.194.109 (talk) 07:45, 6 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Verbiage[edit]

There is a lot of peacock verbiage in the article. The talk about "all time" is hard to justify. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.137.170.8 (talk) 10:11, 26 August 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Not realy, no one argue that he was the greatest but without no doubt he is one of the most known and influential mathematicians. --Gilisa (talk) 06:22, 1 October 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Assignment problem[edit]

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian_algorithm : "In 2006, it was discovered that Carl Gustav Jacobi had solved the assignment problem in the 19th century, and the solution had been published posthumously in 1890 in Latin." Perhaps this should be added to the article. 121.45.14.235 (talk) 12:51, 8 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Cause of death?[edit]

The category, Deaths from smallpox, at the bottom of the page lists Jacobi but there is no specific information on either page to verify this. — Anita5192 (talk) 05:05, 7 October 2013 (UTC)[reply]

"the low level of mathematics in Germany at the time rendered them too elementary for him"[edit]

Says who? To my knowledge, at that time, Gauss was teaching in Göttingen - not really a "low level"-mathematician, is he? On the German wikipedia-page, it says that Jacobi himself complained about the low level of mathematics at the University of Berlin - that would make sense. Euler had beeen teaching there, but that was half a century ago. --Carlos9999 (talk) 18:30, 26 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]