Arthur Cayley was an English mathematician who lived from 1821 to 1895 and, working mostly in algebra, helped establish modern British pure mathematics during his thirty five years as a professor at Trinity College, Cambridge. He formulated the Cayley-Hamilton theorem concerning square matrices and was the first to give an abstract definition of a mathematical group. Numerous concepts still bear his name, including Cayley graphs and Cayley formula in combinatorics.
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FieldMathematics, mainly algebra 1 Death PlaceCambridge, United Kingdom 2 Notable WorkCayley-Hamilton theorem 1 BirthplaceRichmond, London, England 1 Field
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Arthur Cayley (; 16 August 1821 – 26 January 1895) was an English mathematician who worked mostly on algebra.
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Arthur Cayley was born in Richmond, London, England, on 16 August 1821.
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Arthur Cayley (16 August 1821
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was born in Richmond, London, England
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He died 26 January 1895 at age 73.
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Arthur Cayley (; 16 August 1821-26 January 1895) was an English mathematician who worked mostly on algebra.
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was an English mathematician
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an English mathematician who worked mostly on algebra
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every square matrix is a root of its own characteristic polynomial
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Arthur Cayley (; 16 August 1821-26 January 1895) was an English mathematician who worked mostly on algebra.
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