J.J. Sylvester

J.J. Sylvester FRS
Born	1814
Died	1897
Occupation	academic
Society Membership membership ESL Ordinary Fellow his name is listed but crossed out left 1863 elected_ESL 1863.11.04 clubs Athenaeum Club societies Royal Society

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James Joseph Sylvester FRS (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. 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 Journal of Mathematics. At his death, he was professor at Oxford.

Member of Athenaeum club from 1856

Publications

External Publications

Sylvester, James Joseph (1870), The Laws of Verse Or Principles of Versification Exemplified in Metrical Translations: together with an annotated reprint of the inaugural presidential address to the mathematical and physical section of the British Association at Exeter, London: Longmans, Green and Co, ISBN 978-1-177-91141-2
Sylvester, James Joseph (1973) [1904], Baker, Henry Frederick, ed., The collected mathematical papers of James Joseph Sylvester I, New York: AMS Chelsea Publishing, ISBN 978-0-8218-3654-5[7]
Sylvester, James Joseph (1973) [1908], Baker, Henry Frederick, ed., The collected mathematical papers of James Joseph Sylvester II, New York: AMS Chelsea Publishing, ISBN 978-0-8218-4719-0[7]
Sylvester, James Joseph (1973) [1904], Baker, Henry Frederick, ed., The collected mathematical papers of James Joseph Sylvester III, New York: AMS Chelsea Publishing, ISBN 978-0-8218-4720-6[8]
Sylvester, James Joseph (1973) [1904], Baker, Henry Frederick, ed., The collected mathematical papers of James Joseph Sylvester IV, New York: AMS Chelsea Publishing, ISBN 978-0-8218-4238-6