James Joseph Sylvester
James Joseph Sylvester | |
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| Born | James Joseph 3 September 1814 London, England |
| Died | 15 March 1897 (aged 82) London, England |
| Resting place | Balls Pond Road Cemetery |
| Alma mater | St. John's College, Cambridge |
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| Awards | Royal Medal (1861) Copley Medal (1880) De Morgan Medal (1887) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | Johns Hopkins University University College London University of Virginia Royal Military Academy, Woolwich University of Oxford |
| Academic advisors | John Hymers Augustus De Morgan |
| Doctoral students | William Durfee George B. Halsted Washington Irving Stringham |
| Other notable students | Isaac Todhunter William Roberts McDaniel Harry Fielding Reid Christine Ladd-Franklin |
James Joseph Sylvester (3 September 1814 – 15 March 1897) was an English mathematician. He made fundamental contributions to matrix theory, invariant theory, number theory, partition theory, and combinatorics. He played a leadership role in American mathematics in the later half of the 19th century as a professor at the Johns Hopkins University and as founder of the American Journal of Mathematics. At his death, he was a professor at Oxford University.