James Joseph Sylvester : life and work in letters
James Joseph Sylvester (1814-1897) was one of the great mathematicians of the 19th century. For the first time 140 letters from Sylvester's correspondence are brought together, accompanied by mathematical and historical commentary from a leading historian of mathematics, to reveal the truth behind the life and work of this eccentric mathematician.
Print Book, English, 2013
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Oxford Univ. Press, Oxford, 2013
XV, 321 Seiten
9780198503910, 9780199671380, 0198503911, 0199671389
915521687
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