Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Short for Jacobian curve.
  • Same as Jacobean.
  • Pertaining to or named after K. G. J. Jacobi (1804–51), professor of mathematics at Königsberg in Prussia.
  • noun A functional determinant whose several constituents in any one line are first differential coefficients of one function, while its several constituents in any one column are first differential coefficients relatively to one variable. The vanishing of the Jacobian signifies that the functions are not independent. It is indicated by the letter J.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Used to specify certain mathematical objects named in honour of C. G. J. Jacobi.
  • noun calculus A Jacobian matrix or its associated operator.
  • noun calculus The determinant of such a matrix.

Etymologies

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After Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, a German mathematician of the 19th century

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