Fundamenta nova theoriae functionum ellipticarum

{{short description|1829 book on mathematics by Carl G.J. Jacobi}}

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| author = Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi

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| language = Latin

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| subject = Jacobi elliptic functions

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| pub_date = 1829

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{{lang|la|Fundamenta nova theoriae functionum ellipticarum}}[https://books.google.com/books?id=wLKbL6-GwhUC Fundamenta nova theoriae functionum ellipticarum]. By Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi. Sumtibus fratrum, 1829. (from Latin: New Foundations of the Theory of Elliptic Functions) is a treatise on elliptic functions by German mathematician Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi.Given in Latin style as {{lang|la|Carolo Gustavo Iacobo Iacobi}} in the book 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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|quote=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!

|source={{harvtxt|Conway|1980|loc=p.171}} describing the discovery of monstrous moonshine.}}