Associations to the word «Jacobi»

Wiktionary

JACOBI SYMBOL, noun. (number theory) Mathematical function of two integers, written \(\left({a \over b}\right)\), based on whether a is a square modulo the prime factors of b.
JACOBI SYMBOLS, noun. Plural of Jacobi symbol

Dictionary definition

JACOBI, noun. German mathematician (1804-1851).

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne