James Joseph Sylvester: Life and Work in Letters

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In the folklore of mathematics, James Joseph Sylvester (1814-1897) is the eccentric, hot-tempered, sword-cane-wielding, nineteenth-century British Jew who, together with the taciturn Arthur Cayley, developed a theory and language of invariants that then died spectacularly in the 1890s as a result of David Hilbert's groundbreaking, 'modern' techniques. This, like all folklore, has some grounding in fact but owes much to fiction. The present volume...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0199671389

ISBN13:9780199671380

Release Date:April 2013

Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA

Length:340 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"

Related Subjects

Biographical Biographies Biographies & History Biography & History Math Mathematics Science Science & Math Science & Scientists Science & Technology

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