Arthur Cayley FRS (/ ˈkeɪli /; 16 August 1821 – 26 January 1895) was an English mathematician who worked mostly on algebra. He helped found the modern British school of pure …

Cayley made important contributions to the algebraic theory of curves and surfaces, group theory, linear algebra, graph theory, combinatorics, and elliptic functions. He formalized the theory of …

Cayley was a man of more cosmopolitan spirit; he had a friendly sympathy with other workers, and especially with young men making their first adventure in the field of mathematical research.

English mathematician who created several branches of abstract algebra and restored the international prestige of British mathematics. A lawyer by profession, he was a prolific writer …

Cayley was an extremely prolific mathematician. His greatest work was the creation of the theory of invariants, in which he worked closely with his friend James Joseph Sylvester.

Cayley, Arthur (1821-1895) Brilliant English mathematician who primarily worked in algebra. Even as a third year student at Cambridge, the examiner put him in a class by himself--above the …

Arthur Cayley's most important work was in developing the algebra of matrices and work in non-euclidean and n-dimensional geometry.

Arthur Cayley was a British mathematician who published more than 900 papers in pure mathematics. Cayley introduced the concept of a matrix and made important contributions to …

Dec 30, 2005 · Though a successful lawyer, Cayley devoted all his free time to mathematics and confirmed his reputation as one of the era's leading minds with a procession of brilliant articles …

Although the term "matrix" was in troduced into mathematical literature by James Joseph Sylvester [l]** in 1850, the credit for founding the theory of matrices must be given to Arthur …