The collected mathematical papers of Arthur Cayley.

Vol. II

  • 1 Want to read

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

Check-In

×Close
Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
Today

  • 1 Want to read


Download Options

Buy this book

Last edited by MARC Bot
August 13, 2020 | History

The collected mathematical papers of Arthur Cayley.

Vol. II

  • 1 Want to read

Arthur Cayley was a British mathematician. He helped found the modern British school of pure mathematics.

As a child, Cayley enjoyed solving complex maths problems for amusement. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, where he excelled in Greek, French, German, and Italian, as well as mathematics. He worked as a lawyer for 14 years.

He postulated the Cayley–Hamilton theorem—that every square matrix is a root of its own characteristic polynomial, and verified it for matrices of order 2 and 3. He was the first to define the concept of a group in the modern way—as a set with a binary operation satisfying certain laws. Formerly, when mathematicians spoke of "groups", they had meant permutation groups. Cayley's theorem is named in honour of Cayley.

Publish Date
Publisher
University Press

Buy this book

Previews available in: English

Book Details


Edition Notes

Published in
Cambridge [Eng.]

Classifications

Library of Congress
QA3 C42

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL7041935M
Internet Archive
collectedmathema02cayluoft

Source records

Internet Archive item record

Community Reviews (0)

Feedback?
No community reviews have been submitted for this work.

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
August 13, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot remove fake subjects
July 13, 2015 Edited by vijay varadharaj Update covers
July 13, 2015 Edited by vijay varadharaj Added new cover
July 13, 2015 Edited by vijay varadharaj About the author
October 20, 2009 Created by WorkBot add works page