What is Jacobi: Definition and 59 Discussions

Sir Derek George Jacobi (; born 22 October 1938) is an English actor and stage director. A "forceful, commanding stage presence", Jacobi has enjoyed a successful and distinguished stage career, appearing in various stage productions of William Shakespeare such as Hamlet, Much Ado About Nothing, Macbeth, Twelfth Night, The Tempest, King Lear, and Romeo and Juliet. He is also known for his performances in Anton Chekov's Uncle Vanya and Edmond Rostand's Cyrano de Bergerac. He was given a knighthood for his services to theatre by Queen Elizabeth II in 1994 and is a member of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog.
In addition to being a founder member of the Royal National Theatre and winning several prestigious theatre awards, Jacobi has also enjoyed a successful television career, starring in the critically praised adaptation of Robert Graves's I, Claudius (1976), for which he won a BAFTA; in the titular role in the medieval drama series Cadfael (1994–1998), as Stanley Baldwin in The Gathering Storm (2002), as The Master in Doctor Who (2007), as Stuart Bixby in the ITV comedy Vicious (2013–2016) and as Alan Buttershaw in Last Tango in Halifax (2012–present). In 2019, he played Edward VIII, the Duke of Windsor, in the third season of the critically acclaimed Netflix series The Crown.Though principally a stage actor, Jacobi has appeared in a number of films, including Othello (1965), The Day of the Jackal (1973), Henry V (1989), Dead Again (1991), Gladiator (2000), Gosford Park (2001), Nanny McPhee (2005), The Riddle (2007), The King's Speech (2010), My Week with Marilyn (2011), Anonymous (2011), Cinderella (2015), and Murder on the Orient Express (2017).
He has twice been awarded a Laurence Olivier Award, first for his performance of the eponymous hero in Cyrano de Bergerac in 1983 and the second for his Malvolio in Twelfth Night in 2009. He also received a Tony Award for his performance in Much Ado About Nothing in 1984. Jacobi has also received two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie for The Tenth Man (1988), and Outstanding Guest Actor in a Comedy Series for Frasier (2001). Jacobi has also earned two Screen Actors Guild Awards along with the ensemble cast for Robert Altman's Gosford Park (2001), and Tom Hooper's The King's Speech (2010).

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    What is the Proof for the Jacobi Symbol Property (ii)?

    This is a theorem about Jacobi symbols in my textbook: Let n and m be ODD and positive. Then (a/nm)=(a/n)(a/m) and (ab/n)=(a/n)(b/n) Moreover, (i) If gcd(a,n)=1, then (a^2/n) = 1 = (a/n^2) (ii) If gcd(ab,nm)=1, then (ab^2/nm^2)=(a/n) ===================================== (i) is easy and...
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    Geodesic deviation & Jacobi Equation

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobi_field also see http://iopscience.iop.org/0305-4470/14/9/029/?ejredirect=.iopscience What's the difference between the jacobi equation and the geodesic deviation equation?
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    Solving Jacobi Matrices: Finding Det H6

    Homework Statement An n x n array Hn = (hij) is said to be a jacobi matrix if hij = 0 whenever |i - j| >= 2. Suppose Hn also has the property that for each index i, hii = a, hi, i+1 = b and hi,i-1 = c. For instance, H4 = a b 0 0 c a b 0 0 c a b 0 0 c a (i) Show that det Hn = a (det Hn-1) -...
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    What are Jacobi coordinates, and why are they useful?

    What are "Jacobi coordinates," and why are they useful? I am working on a quantum chemistry problem involving triatomic molecules. My advisor keeps talking about "Jacobi coordinates" and how they're a calculational convenience when it comes time to write out the Hamiltonian. Can someone...
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    Jacobi Method; Simple system of equations

    I know this is simple, and I am missing something obvious. I'm suposed to use the "jacobi method"; and with each iteration it should be getting closer and closer to the solution (x=2 and y=1, which it is not). Could someone explain what I'm doing wrong, or how to start...
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    How Do Jacobi Elliptic Functions Model Pendulum Motion?

    [Solved] Jacobi Elliptic Equations Homework Statement -t + \frac{P(\alpha)}{4} = \sqrt{\frac{l}{g}}\int\frac{ds}{\sqrt{1-k^{2}sin^{2}s}} = \sqrt{\frac{l}{g}}F(k, \phi). It is integrated from 0 to \phi For fixed k, F(k, \phi) has an "inverse," denoted by sn(k, u), that satisfies u =...
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    Binary Jacobi Symbol Algorithm: Add, Subtract & Shift

    Jacobi Symbol - Binary NOTE: if its past 8:30 AM Eastern Time, don't worry about it. thanks for the consideration The Question: Exercise 13.1. Develop a “binary” Jacobi symbol algorithm, that is, one that uses only addition, subtractions, and “shift” operations, analogous to the binary...
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    Hamilton Jacobi equation,

    Let be the S function being the action in physics S=S(x,y,z,t) satisfying the equation: \frac{dS}{dt}+(1/2m)(\nabla{S})^{2}+V(x,y,z,t)=0 where V is the potential is there any solution (exact) to it depending on V?
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    Strange Hamilton Jacobi equation

    let be (dS/dt)+(gra(S))^2/2m+(LS)+V(x) where L is the Laplacian Operator and V is the potential...could it be considered as the Hamiltan Jacobi equation for a particle under a potential Vtotal=V(x)+(LS) where S is the action
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