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Cayley, Arthur (1821-1895)

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Place: United Kingdom, England Subject : biography, maths and statistics English mathematician who was responsible for the formulation of the theory of algebraic invariants. A prolific writer of scholarly papers, he also developed the study of n -dimensional geometry, introducing the concept of the ‘absolute’, and devised the theory of matrices. Cayley was born in Richmond, Surrey, on 16 August 1821, the son of a merchant and his wife who were visiting England from their home in St Petersburg, Russia. Cayley spent the first eight years of his life in Russia, and then attended a small private school in London, before moving to King's College School there. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, as a ‘pensioner’ to study mathematics and became a scholar in 1840. He graduated with distinction in 1842. Awarded a fellowship at the college, he took up law at Lincoln's Inn in 1846 instead, prevented from remaining at Cambridge through his reluctance to take up religious orders - at that time a…
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Full text Article Cayley, Arthur (1821-1895)

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Place: United Kingdom, England Subject : biography, maths and statistics English mathematician who was responsible for the formulation of the theory of algebraic invariants. A prolific writer of scholarly papers, he also developed the study of n -dimensional geometry, introducing the concept of the…
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Full text Article 16 August 1821

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Full text Article Cayley, Arthur

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English mathematician who developed matrix algebra, used by Werner Heisenberg in his elucidation of quantum mechanics. He also developed the study of n -dimensional geometry, introducing the concept of the ‘absolute’, and formulated the theory of algebraic invariants. Cayley was born in Richmond, …
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Full text Article CAYLEY (E) 1661, of Brompton, Yorkshire

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Callide sed honeste -With skill but with honour
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Full text Article Sylvester, James Joseph

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English mathematician who was one of the discoverers of the theory of algebraic invariants. He coined the term ‘matrix’ in 1850 to describe a rectangular array of numbers out of which determinants can be formed. Sylvester was born in London and studied mainly at Cambridge. He became professor of…
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