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  1. James Joseph Sylvester FRS HonFRSE (3 September 1814 – 15 March 1897) was an English mathematician. He made fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics.

  2. James Joseph Sylvester was a British mathematician who, with Arthur Cayley, was a cofounder of invariant theory, the study of properties that are unchanged (invariant) under some transformation, such as rotating or translating the coordinate axes. He also made significant contributions to number.

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  3. Mar 15, 2014 · 3 September 1814. London, England. Died. 15 March 1897. London, England. Summary. J J Sylvester did important work on matrix theory. He discovered the discriminant of a cubic equation and first used the name 'discriminant' for equations of higher order. View five larger pictures. Biography.

  4. Jun 8, 2018 · A biography of James Joseph Sylvester, a British mathematician who worked on invariants, equations, partitions, and determinants. Learn about his life, education, career, achievements, and controversies.

  5. Learn about the life and achievements of James Joseph Sylvester, an English mathematician who pioneered combinatorics and abstract algebra. He was also the first Jew to become a prominent mathematician in England and the founder of the first research mathematics department in the US.

  6. James Joseph Sylvester FRS HonFRSE (3 September 1814 – 15 March 1897) was an English mathematician. He made fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics.

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  8. Sep 3, 2014 · Sylvester was born in London in 1814. He was short, mercurial, absent-minded, temperamental, fluent in French, German, Italian, Latin and Greek, and loved poetry but was not very good at it. He was a man of remarkable tenacity, as his career on both sides of the Atlantic shows.

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