Arthur Cayley

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British mathematician human mathematician

Arthur Cayley was a 19th-century British mathematician renowned for his foundational work in matrix theory and abstract algebra.

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instanceOf British mathematician ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
awardReceived Copley Medal ⓘ
Royal Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1821-08-16 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1895-01-26 ⓘ
describedBySource Encyclopaedia Britannica ⓘ
MacTutor History of Mathematics archive ⓘ
educatedAt King's College School, London ⓘ
Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ
era 19th-century mathematics ⓘ
familyName Cayley ⓘ
fieldOfWork algebra ⓘ
elliptic functions ⓘ
group theory ⓘ
higher-dimensional geometry ⓘ
invariant theory ⓘ
matrix theory ⓘ
projective geometry ⓘ
givenName Arthur ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Royal Society ⓘ
nativeLanguage English ⓘ
notableIdea Cayley’s theorem on groups as permutation groups ⓘ
abstract algebraic structures ⓘ
formalization of matrices as algebraic objects ⓘ
notableWork Cayley graph ⓘ
Cayley numbers (octonions) terminology ⓘ
Cayley surface ⓘ
Cayley tables in group theory ⓘ
Cayley–Dickson construction (namegiver) ⓘ
Cayley–Hamilton theorem ⓘ
introduction of the modern concept of matrix ⓘ
occupation lawyer ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
placeOfBirth Richmond, Surrey, England ⓘ
surface form: Richmond, London

Richmond, Surrey, England ⓘ
surface form: Richmond, Surrey
placeOfDeath CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

Cambridgeshire, England ⓘ
surface form: Cambridgeshire
positionHeld President of the London Mathematical Society ⓘ
Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics ⓘ
surface form: Sadleirian Professor of Pure Mathematics at the University of Cambridge
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Susan Moline ⓘ
workLocation CAMBRIDGE ⓘ
surface form: Cambridge

London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

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De Morgan Medal → firstRecipient → Arthur Cayley ⓘ
London Mathematical Society → foundedBy → Arthur Cayley ⓘ
Senior Wrangler (Cambridge Mathematical Tripos) → hasNotableLaureate → Arthur Cayley ⓘ
LMS → foundedBy → Arthur Cayley ⓘ
subject surface form: London Mathematical Society