Jacobian

English

Etymology

Jacobi +‎ -an, after Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi, a German mathematician of the 19th century.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: yä'kõ-bi-un, IPA(key): /ˈjɑː.kəʊ.bi.ən/
  • IPA(key): /dʒəˈkoʊbijɨn/

Adjective

Jacobian (not comparable)

  1. Used to specify certain mathematical objects named in honour of C. G. J. Jacobi.
    The Jacobian matrix has partial derivatives as its entries.

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Noun

Jacobian (plural Jacobians)

  1. (calculus) A Jacobian matrix or its associated operator.
  2. (calculus) The determinant of such a matrix.

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