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Jacobian

Pronunciation: /jɑːˈkəʊ.bi.ən/

The English word “Jacobian” has 4 meanings listed here.

adjective

  1. Used to specify certain mathematical objects named in honour of C. G. J. Jacobi.
  2. Of or relating to the biblical Jacob.

noun

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

Etymology

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

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