Jacobi

Jacobi may refer to:

People

• Jacobi (surname), a list of people with the surname
• Jacobi Boykins (born 1995), American basketball player
• Jacobi Francis (born 1998), American football player
• Jacobi Mitchell (born 1986), Bahamian sprinter
• Jacobi Robinson (born 1984), Bermudian cricketer

In mathematics

Concepts named after the German mathematician Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi:

• Jacobi sum, a type of character sum
• Jacobi method, a method for determining the solutions of a diagonally dominant system of linear equations
• Jacobi eigenvalue algorithm, a method for calculating the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of a real symmetric matrix
• Jacobi elliptic functions, a set of doubly-periodic functions
• Jacobian matrix and determinant of a smooth map between Euclidean spaces or smooth manifolds
• Jacobi operator (Jacobi matrix), a tridiagonal symmetric matrix appearing in the theory of orthogonal polynomials
• Jacobi polynomials, a class of orthogonal polynomials
• Jacobi symbol, a generalization of the Legendre symbol
• Jacobi coordinates, a simplification of coordinates for an n-body system
• Jacobi identity for non-associative binary operations
• Jacobi's formula for the derivative of the determinant of a matrix
• Jacobi triple product, an identity in the theory of theta functions
• Jacobi's theorem (disambiguation), several theorems

Other uses

• Jacobi Medical Center, New York
• Jacobi (grape), another name for the French/German wine grape Pinot Noir Précoce
• Jacobi (crater), a lunar impact crater in the southern highlands on the near side of the Moon
• Software for handling chess problems § Jacobi, chess software

See also

• Jacoby (disambiguation)
• Jacob
• Jakob (disambiguation)
• Jacobs (disambiguation)
• Jacobian (disambiguation)
• Jacobin (disambiguation)
• Jacobite (disambiguation)