James Joseph Sylvester Quotes

James Joseph Sylvester — English Mathematician born on September 03, 1814, died on March 15, 1897

James Joseph Sylvester FRS 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... (wikipedia)