Sylvester, James Joseph

Sylvester, James Joseph

Sylvester, James Joseph, Mathematiker, geb. 3. Sept. 1814 in London, gest. 15. März 1897 in Mayfair, studierte in Cambridge, wurde 1837 Professor der Physik am University College in London, 1840 Professor der Mathematik an der Universität von Virginia, 1855 an der Militärakademie in Woolwich, 1870 an der John Hopkin's University in Baltimore und 1883 Professor der Geometrie in Oxford. Er erfand mehrere geometrische Instrumente, wie den Plagiographen, den geometrischen Fächer etc. Neben Cayley hat er sich besonders um die Entwickelung der Invariantentheorie verdient gemacht. Von seinen »Collected mathematical papers« (5 Bde.) erschien bisher der 1. Band (Cambr. 1904).


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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