James Joseph Sylvester : life and work in letters /

In the folklore of mathematics, James Joseph Sylvester (1814-1897) is the eccentric, hot-tempered, sword-cane-wielding, nineteenth-century British Jew who, together with the taciturn Arthur Cayley, developed a theory and language of invariants that then died spectacularly in the 1890s as a result of...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sylvester, James Joseph, 1814-1897
Otros Autores: Parshall, Karen Hunger, 1955-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Temas:
Sylvester, James Joseph, > 1814-1897 > Correspondence.
Sylvester, James Joseph, > 1814-1897
Mathematicians > Great Britain > Correspondence.
Mathématiciens > Grande-Bretagne > Correspondance.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
MATHEMATICS > History & Philosophy.
Mathematicians
Great Britain
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Personal correspondence
Autobiographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; 1 Negotiating the World's Slippery Path
  • 2 Laying the Foundation of a Theory of Invariants; 3 Battling the Authorities and the Muses; 4 Ending and Beginning a Career; 5 Moulding the Mathematical Education of 55 Million Americans; 6 Returning Home; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; X; Y; Z.

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