# Jacobian

For a vector valued function $$\mathbf{f}$$, the Jacobian is the matrix of partial derivatives of the elements of the function's result with respect to those of its argument.
$\mathbf{J}(\mathbf{f}) = \begin{pmatrix} \frac{\partial f_0}{\partial x_0} & \frac{\partial f_0}{\partial x_1} & \dots & \frac{\partial f_0}{\partial x_n}\\ \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial x_0} & \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial x_1} & \dots & \frac{\partial f_1}{\partial x_n}\\ \vdots & \vdots & \ddots & \vdots &\\ \frac{\partial f_m}{\partial x_0} & \frac{\partial f_m}{\partial x_1} & \dots & \frac{\partial f_m}{\partial x_n}\\ \end{pmatrix}$
The determinant of a square Jacobian is used in integration by substitution and is often written
$\left|\mathbf{J}(\mathbf{f})\right| = \left|\frac{\partial\left(f_0,f_1,\dots,f_n\right)}{\partial\left(x_0,x_1,\dots,x_n\right)}\right|$
If the function $$\mathbf{f}$$ equals the partial derivatives of a scalar valued function with respect to its arguments then the Jacobian is equal to the Hessian.

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