Fundamenta nova theoriae functionum ellipticarum[1] (from Latin: New Foundations of the Theory of Elliptic Functions) is a treatise on elliptic functions by German mathematician 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.
Author | Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi |
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Language | Latin |
Subject | Jacobi elliptic functions |
Genre | Non-fiction |
Publication date | 1829 |
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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.