James Joseph Sylvester – mathematician (1814-1897)
About James Joseph Sylvester:
- Parshall, K. (2004, September 23). Sylvester, James Joseph (1814–1897), mathematician. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/26872
- Cayley, A. Scientific Worthies: XXV—James Joseph Sylvester. Nature 39, 217–219 (1889). https://doi.org/10.1038/039217a0
Further Resources:
- Parshall, K. H. (2006). James Joseph Sylvester: Jewish mathematician in a Victorian world. Johns Hopkins University Press. Available in SOLO http://tinyurl.com/4h9wpbfz
- Higham, N. (2014). The life of James Joseph Sylvester. Nick Higham Applied Mathematics, Numerical Linear Algebra and Software https://nhigham.com/2014/09/03/the-life-of-james-joseph-sylvester/
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