Jacobi

Jacobi may refer to:

People with the surname Jacobi:

  • Jacobi (surname)

Other:

  • Jacobi Medical Center, New York
  • Jacobi (grape), another name for he French/German wine grape Pinot Noir Précoce
  • Jacobi sum, a type of character sum in mathematics
  • Jacobi method, a method for diagonalization of matrices in mathematics
  • Jacobi eigenvalue algorithm
  • Jacobi polynomials, a class of orthogonal polynomials in mathematics
  • Jacobi symbol, a generalization of the Legendre symbol
  • Jacobi coordinates
  • Jacobi identity for non-associative binary operations
  • Jacobi's formula for the derivative of the determinant of a matrix
  • Jacobi's theorem (various)

Famous quotes containing the word jacobi:

    ... spinsterhood [is considered to be] an abnormality of small proportions and small consequence, something like an extra finger or two on the body, presumably of temporary duration, and never of any social significance.
    —Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906)

    ... the most important effect of the suffrage is psychological. The permanent consciousness of power for effective action, the knowledge that their own thoughts have an equal chance with those of any other person ... this is what has always rendered the men of a free state so energetic, so acutely intelligent, so powerful.
    —Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906)

    ... [the] special relation of women to children, in which the heart of the world has always felt there was something sacred, serves to impress upon women certain tendencies, to endow them with certain virtues ... which will render them of special value in public affairs.
    —Mary Putnam Jacobi (1842–1906)