Jacobi elliptic functions

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Jacobi elliptic functions are a family of doubly periodic complex functions that generalize trigonometric functions and play a central role in the theory of elliptic integrals and many areas of mathematical physics.

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instanceOf elliptic functions
family of special functions
appearIn solutions of the Korteweg–De Vries equation
solutions of the nonlinear Schrödinger equation
solutions of the sine-Gordon equation
are doubly periodic in the complex plane
coreSubset sn, cn, dn
dependOn complex variable
elliptic modulus
parameter m
field algebraic geometry
complex analysis
differential equations
elliptic function theory
mathematical physics
generalizes trigonometric functions
hasMember cd(z,m)
cn(z,m)
cs(z,m)
dc(z,m)
dn(z,m)
ds(z,m)
nc(z,m)
nd(z,m)
ns(z,m)
sc(z,m)
sd(z,m)
sn(z,m)
haveLimit hyperbolic functions as m → 1
trigonometric functions as m → 0
introducedBy Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
namedAfter Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
periodicity real and imaginary fundamental periods
relatedTo Weierstrass elliptic functions
elliptic integrals
theta functions
satisfy addition theorems
algebraic relations
nonlinear differential equations
timeOfIntroduction 19th century
usedIn classical mechanics
general relativity
integrable systems
nonlinear wave equations
pendulum equation
quantum mechanics
soliton theory
theory of elliptic curves
theory of elliptic integrals

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Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi notableWork Jacobi elliptic functions
Weierstrass elliptic functions relatedConcept Jacobi elliptic functions
Jacobi knownFor Jacobi elliptic functions
subject surface form: Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Jacobi operator relatedTo Jacobi elliptic functions
Carl notableWork Jacobi elliptic functions
subject surface form: Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
Carl notableWork Jacobi elliptic functions
subject surface form: Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi
this entity surface form: Jacobi's elliptic functions treatise