James Sylvester

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Mathematician
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Cambridge
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Copley_Medal
Royal_Society_Fellow
gptkbp:birthDate September 3, 1814
gptkbp:contribution Mathematical analysis
Mathematical logic
Number theory
Mathematical notation
Mathematical physics
Mathematical community
Mathematical education
Mathematical research
Combinatorial geometry
Theory of determinants
Mathematical communication
Mathematical conferences
Mathematical societies
Mathematical history
Mathematical culture
Mathematical collaboration
Theory of matrices
Theory of forms
Mathematical publishing
Mathematical legacy
Mathematical influence
Theory of invariants
Algebraic_geometry
Mathematical_journals
Sylvester's_criterion
Sylvester's_law_of_inertia
Sylvester's_theorem
gptkbp:deathDate March 18, 1897
gptkbp:employees gptkb:Royal_Military_Academy,_Woolwich
gptkb:Johns_Hopkins_University
gptkbp:field Mathematics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Sylvester
gptkbp:influenced Hermann_Grassmann
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Augustus_De_Morgan
gptkb:George_Peacock
gptkbp:knownFor Matrix theory
Invariant theory
Sylvester's_law_of_inertia
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:John_Charles_Fields
William_James_Moore
gptkbp:occupation Professor