The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester
Download or Read eBook The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester PDF written by James Joseph Sylvester and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 678 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : James Joseph Sylvester |
| Publisher | : American Mathematical Soc. |
| Total Pages | : 678 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| ISBN-10 | : 0821836544 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9780821836545 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (44 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester by : James Joseph Sylvester
Book excerpt: From the Preface: ``The longest paper in volume 1 is ``On the Theory of the Syzygetic Relations of two Rational Integral Functions, comprising an application to the Theory of Sturm's Functions'', and to this many of the shorter papers in the volume are contributory ... the volume contains also Sylvester's dialytic method of elimination, his Essay on Canonical Forms, and early investigations in the theory of Invariants. It also contains celebrated theorems as to Determinants andinvestigations as to the Transformation of Quadratic Forms and the recognition of the Invariant factors of a matrix.''
