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Sylvester invented a great number of mathematical terms such as “matrix” and “discriminant”. His collected scientific work fills four volumes; The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester are available on Google Books. For more information:
Jun 8, 2018 · SYLVESTER, JAMES JOSEPH. ( b. London, England, 3 September 1814; d. London, 15 March 1897) mathematics. Although Sylvester is perhaps most widely remembered for his indefatigable work in the theory of invariants, especially that done in conjunction with Arthur Cayley, he wrote extensively on many other topics in the theory of algebraic forms ...
James Joseph Sylvester was an English mathematician. He made fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics. He played a leadership role in American mathematics in the later half of the 19th century as a professor at the Johns Hopkins University and as founder of the American ...
Oct 1, 1998 · James Joseph Sylvester: Life and Work in Letters | Oxford Academic. 9781383020700. 9780198503910. Oxford University Press. Book. James Joseph Sylvester: Life and Work in Letters. Karen Hunger Parshall. Published: 1 October 1998. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract.
James Joseph Sylvester. 1814-1897. English mathematician who laid the basis for the fields of combinatorics and abstract algebra. He was the first Jew to achieve eminence in the English mathematical community, although he spent a number of years in the United States and created the first research mathematics department there at Johns Hopkins ...
Sep 9, 2014 · A Brain on Fire: James Joseph Sylvester Patricia Rothman celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of the brilliant James Joseph Sylvester, whose ambitions to be recognised as a professional mathematician were hindered by the religious restrictions of the age.
James Joseph Sylvester: Jewish Mathematician in a Victorian World. Author (s): Gail Kaplan, reviewer. Jewish Mathematician in a Victorian World by Karen Hunger Parshall, 2006, 461+xiiipp. ISBN 0-8018-8291-5, hardcover, $69.95 The Johns Hopkins University Press, 28715 North Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218-4363, www.press.jhu.edu.
