A Memoir on the Quintic Equation

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A Memoir on the Quintic Equation (Digital)

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One of Cayley's last papers, published in 1894, about quinitic equations. Also includes information on the sextic resolvent equations of Jacobi and Kronecker, Journal èfèür die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik, CXIII (1894), 42-49. Cayley discusses that he was preparing a paper, entitled A Report on the Quintic, which was incomplete at the time of his death. This manuscript consists of several drafts of this paper. In one of these drafts, he refers to the paper: On the Sextic Resolvent Equations.

Dates

Creation: 1894

Creator

Cayley, Arthur, 1821-1895 (Person)

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Arthur Cayley (1821-1895) was an English mathematician whose works dealt largely with algebra. Cayley received both a B.A. and an M.A. from Trinity College, Cambridge, during which time, he prepared 28 memoirs to the Mathematical Journal. He then became a solicitor with a focus on conveyancing. Around 1860, he returned to Cambridge where he became the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics, a position previously held by Isaac Newton. While most of his work centered around algebra, he also made contributions to the field of algebraic geometry. In 1876, he published Elliptic Functions. Cayley was also a proponent of women’s education, teaching at Cambridge’s women’s colleges.

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28 Sheets ; 46 cm

Language of Materials

English

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Abstract

Arthur Cayley's 1894 paper about quinitic equations. Also includes information on the sextic resolvent equations of Jacobi and Kronecker, Journal èfèür die Reine und Angewandte Mathematik, CXIII.