English Explanatory Dictionary

Jacobian

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Used to specify certain mathematical objects named in honour of C. G. J. Jacobi.
noun
  1. A Jacobian matrix or its associated operator.
  2. The determinant of such a matrix.
adj
  1. Of or relating to the biblical Jacob.
adj
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Jacobian.
noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of Jacobian.

Pronunciation

yä-kō'-bi-un /jɑːˈkəʊ.bi.ən/ /d͡ʒəˈkoʊ.bi.ən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-Jacobian.wav

Word forms

Jacobian Jacobians more Jacobian most Jacobian

Etymology

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

Synonyms

Jacobic

Translations

Bulgarian: Якобиан Bulgarian: детерминанта на Якоби German: Jacobi-Determinante German: Funktionaldeterminante Hebrew: יעקוביאן Polish: jakobian Russian: якобиан Spanish: determinante jacobiano Spanish: jacobiano
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