See Also: Jacobian(dictionary)

Jacobian (iou)



Jacobian adjective & noun. M19.
[from Jacobi (see below) + -AN.]
Math.
A. adjective. Designating or pertaining to any of various concepts discovered, introduced, or investigated by the German mathematician K. G. J. Jacobi (1804-51). M19.
Jacobian function = theta function (a) s.v. THETA.
b. noun. A determinant whose constituents are the derivatives of a number of functions (u, v, w, ...) with respect to each of the same number of variables (x, y, z, ...). L19.