Henry John Stephen Smith
British mathematician (1826–1883) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Prof Henry John Stephen Smith FRS FRSE FRAS LLD (2 November 1826 – 9 February 1883) was an Irish mathematician and amateur astronomer remembered for his work in elementary divisors, quadratic forms, and Smith–Minkowski–Siegel mass formula in number theory. In matrix theory he is visible today in having his name on the Smith normal form of a matrix. Smith was also first to discover the Cantor set.[2][3][4]
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Henry John Stephen Smith | |
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Born | (1826-11-02)2 November 1826 |
Died | 9 February 1883(1883-02-09) (aged 56) |
Resting place | St Sepulchre's Cemetery, Oxford |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Known for | Smith–Minkowski–Siegel mass formula Smith normal form Smith–Volterra–Cantor set |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Oxford |
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