James Joseph Sylvester

English mathematician

James Joseph Sylvester FRS HFRSE (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 a professor at Oxford.

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James Joseph Sylvester was born on Saturday, 3 September 1814 in London, England. They were best known as a mathematician. Sylvester's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. They died on Monday, 15 March 1897 in London, England at the age of 82. Their zodiac star sign were Virgo.

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