James Joseph Sylvester: Jewish mathematician in a Victorian world
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Baltimore, MD
Johns Hopkins Univ. Press
2006
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| Abstract: | This text offers a biography of James Joseph Sylvester & his work. A Cambridge student at first denied a degree because of his faith, Sylvester came to America to teach mathematics, becoming Daniel Coit Gilman's faculty recruit at Johns Hopkins in 1876 &winning the coveted Savilian Professorship of Geometry at Oxford in 1883. |
| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Umfang: | XIII, 461 S. Ill. |
| ISBN: | 0801882915 |
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| adam_text | CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XI INTRODUCTION *== JAMES JOSEPH SYLVESTER:
THE MYTH, THE MATHEMATICIAN, THE MAN I ^ CHAPTER BORN TO THE FAITH IN
WHICH THE FOUNDER OF CHRISTIANITY WAS EDUCATED I THE JOSEPHS OF
LIVERPOOL U THE ABRAHAM JOSEPH FAMILY OF LONDON 16 THE ROYAL INSTITUTION
SCHOOL, LIVERPOOL 22 ^ CHAPTER A PRICE OF DISSENT I 26 CAMBRIDGE
DEBATES DISSENT 27 WITHIN THE WALLS OF ST. JOHN S 29 A TWO-YEAR HIATUS
36 BACK AT ST. JOHN S 38 THE 1837 TRIPOS 43 CHAPTER 3 *== THE HOLLOW
WALLS OF ACADEME I 49 AN UNEXPECTED OPPORTUNITY 51 PROFESSOR OF NATURAL
PHILOSOPHY AT UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON 55 LOOKING BEYOND ENGLAND 64
PROFESSOR OF MATHEMATICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 69 STRUGGLING
AGAINST AN ADVERSE TIDE OF AFFAIRS 76 ACTUARY BY DAY . . .
MATHEMATICIAN BY NIGHT I 81 THE ACTUARY: AN EMERGENT PROFESSIONAL MAN
83 J. J. SYLVESTER, ESQ., M.A., F.R.S., ACTUARY AND SECRETARY 85 THE
INSTITUTE OF ACTUARIES 92 DIVIDED LOYALTIES: MATHEMATICIAN OR ACTUARY?
94 ESTABLISHING A MATHEMATICAL ROUTINE 101 (^*CHAPTER INTO, THE
INVARIANT-THEORETIC UNKNOWN I 107 THE EMERGENCE OF A THEORY OF
INVARIANTS 107 CRAFTING THE NEW ALGEBRA 112 THE PROBLEM OFSYZYGIES 122
FROM ACTUARY TO ACADEMIC? 130 -^*CHAPTER A NEW BEGINNING I 137 CHANGING
RESPONSIBILITIES 138 THE ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY, WOOLWICH 144 PROFESSOR
OF MATHEMATICS ONCE MORE 14J A ROVING MATHEMATICAL EYE 156 F*^ CHAPTER 7
AT WAR WITH THE MILITARY I 161 FIRST BATTLE 161 TEMPORARY TRUCE 16S
SECOND BATTLE LYI HARD-WON VICTORIES 1/6 ^^ CHAPTER 8 THE UNEASY YEARS I
192 VICTORIAN ENGLAND AND EDUCATIONAL REFORM 193 REFORM AND THE ROYAL
MILITARY ACADEMY, WOOLWICH 196 MATHEMATICS MISREPRESENTED AND
MISUNDERSTOOD: TAKING ON HUXLEY 201 THE BAAS AND SCIENCE EDUCATION 206
POETRY SOOTHES THE SOUL 211 LIFE AFTER WOOLWICH 21S NEW POSSIBILITIES ON
THE HORIZON? 219 ===* CHAPTER EXPLORING FAMILIAR GROUND ON UNFAMILIAR
TERRITORY I 225 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 226 GETTING STARTED 229 THRIVING IN
THE GRADUATE CLASSROOM 235 LAUNCHING THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS
239 SUSTAINING THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF MATHEMATICS 243 ^ CHAPTER 10
TACKLING NEW CHALLENGES IN A HOME AWAY FROM HOME I 249 SYLVESTER AND HIS
EARLY STUDENTS 249 FROM INVARIANT THEORY TO THE THEORY OF NUMBERS 254
FROM NUMBER THEORY TO UNIVERSAL ALGEBRA 262 A TROUBLED TRANSITION TO
THE THEORY OF PARTITIONS 267 HENRY SMITH IS DEAD 273 ===* CHAPTER 11
A BITTERSWEET VICTORY I 278 AN OXFORD IN TRANSITION 279 BETWEEN TWO
WORLDS 285 A ROCKY YEAR 293 HOPKINS IN OXFORDSHIRE? 296 ^S* CHAPTER 12
^S* 1 THE FINAL TRANSITION I 304 INCREASING SIGNS OF AGE 305 AN
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 313 A STEADY DECLINE 317 THE FINAL YEARS 326
===* EPILOGUE ^A- 1 JAMES JOSEPH SYLVESTER: THE MAN AND HIS LEGACIES
I 329 NOTES 339 REFERENCES 419 INDEX 447 ILLUSTRATIONS FOLLOW PAGE 224
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