Sylvester's Influence on Applied Mathematics

Higham, Nicholas J. (2014) Sylvester's Influence on Applied Mathematics. Mathematics Today, 50 (4). pp. 202-206. ISSN 1361-2042

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Abstract

James Joseph Sylvester coined the term ``matrix'' and contributed much to the early development of matrix theory. To mark the 200th anniversary of his birth I show how Sylvester's work on matrices continues to influence applied mathematics today.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	James Joseph Sylvester, applied mathematics, linear algebra, numerical analysis
Subjects:	MSC 2010, the AMS's Mathematics Subject Classification > 01 History and biography MSC 2010, the AMS's Mathematics Subject Classification > 15 Linear and multilinear algebra; matrix theory MSC 2010, the AMS's Mathematics Subject Classification > 65 Numerical analysis
Depositing User:	Nick Higham
Date Deposited:	04 Aug 2014
Last Modified:	20 Oct 2017 14:13
URI:	https://eprints.maths.manchester.ac.uk/id/eprint/2142

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