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Fundamenta Nova Theoriae Functionum Ellipticarum
First edition
AuthorCarl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
LanguageLatin
SubjectJacobi elliptic functions
GenreNon-fiction
Publication date
1829
Media typePrint
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One of the most exciting moments of my life was when, after computing several of these series, I went down to our mathematical library and found some of them in Jacobi's "Fundamenta nova theoriae..."[3], with the same coefficients down to the last decimal digit!

Conway (1980, p.171) describing the discovery of monstrous moonshine.

In mathematics, Fundamenta nova theoriae functionum ellipticarum[1] (new foundations of the theory of elliptic functions) is a book on Jacobi elliptic functions by Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi.[2] The book was first published in 1829, and has been reprinted in volume 1 of his collected works and on several later occasions. The book introduces Jacobi elliptic functions and the Jacobi triple product identity.

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Citations
  1. ^ Fundamenta nova theoriae functionum ellipticarum. By Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi. Sumtibus fratrum, 1829.
  2. ^ Given in Latin style as Carolo Gustavo Iacobo Iacobi in the book
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