James Joseph Sylvester (1814 - 1897)

* 3 September 1814, † 15 March 1897

James Joseph Sylvester was born on 3 September 1814 in London, England. J J Sylvester did important work on matrix theory. He discovered the discriminant of a cubic equation and first used the name ‘discriminant’ for equations of higher order. James Joseph Sylvester died on 15 March 1897 in London, England.