Jacobi
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Jacobi may refer to:
People with the surname Jacobi:
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People with the surname Jacobi:
- Jacobi (surname)Jacobi (surname)The surname Jacobi or ) may refer to:* Abraham Jacobi , Prussian-American revolutionary and pediatrician* Bruce Jacobi , American NASCAR driver* Carl Gustav Jakob Jacobi , Prussian mathematician and teacher...
Other:
- Jacobi Medical CenterJacobi Medical CenterJacobi Medical Center is a municipal hospital, under the direction of New York City Health and Hospitals Corporation, in Morris Park, Bronx, New York located at 1400 Pelham Parkway South; it is the largest Public Hospital in the Bronx with 470+ beds....
, New York - Jacobi sumJacobi sumIn mathematics, a Jacobi sum is a type of character sum formed with Dirichlet characters. Simple examples would be Jacobi sums J for Dirichlet characters \chi, \psi modulo a prime number p, defined by...
, a type of character sum in mathematics - Jacobi methodJacobi methodIn numerical linear algebra, the Jacobi method is an algorithm for determining the solutions of a system of linear equations with largest absolute values in each row and column dominated by the diagonal element. Each diagonal element is solved for, and an approximate value plugged in. The process...
, a method for diagonalization of matrices in mathematics - Jacobi eigenvalue algorithmJacobi eigenvalue algorithmIn numerical linear algebra, the Jacobi eigenvalue algorithm is an iterative method for the calculation of the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a real symmetric matrix...
- Jacobi polynomialsJacobi polynomialsIn mathematics, Jacobi polynomials are a class of classical orthogonal polynomials. They are orthogonal with respect to the weight ^\alpha ^\beta on the interval [-1, 1]...
, a class of orthogonal polynomials in mathematics - Jacobi symbolJacobi symbolThe Jacobi symbol is a generalization of the Legendre symbol. Introduced by Jacobi in 1837, it is of theoretical interest in modular arithmetic and other branches of number theory, but its main use is in computational number theory, especially primality testing and integer factorization; these in...
, a generalization of the Legendre symbolLegendre symbolIn number theory, the Legendre symbol is a multiplicative function with values 1, −1, 0 that is a quadratic character modulo a prime number p: its value on a quadratic residue mod p is 1 and on a quadratic non-residue is −1....
See also
- Jacoby (disambiguation)
- JacobJacobJacob "heel" or "leg-puller"), also later known as Israel , as described in the Hebrew Bible, the Talmud, the New Testament and the Qur'an was the third patriarch of the Hebrew people with whom God made a covenant, and ancestor of the tribes of Israel, which were named after his descendants.In the...
- Jakob (disambiguation)
- Jacobs (disambiguation)