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[[wikipedia:Arthur Cayley|Arthur Cayley]], a British mathematician that is a contemporary of Irish mathematician [[wikipedia:William Rowan Hamilton|William Hamilton]]. Cayley has been credited for inventing matrix algebra. | [[wikipedia:Arthur Cayley|Arthur Cayley]], a British mathematician that is a contemporary of Irish mathematician [[wikipedia:William Rowan Hamilton|William Hamilton]]. Cayley has been credited for inventing matrix algebra. | ||
Both Cayley and Hamilton had been inspired by [[wikipedia:Luca Pacioli|Luca Pacioli]]'s [[Double Entry Bookkeeping]], where Cayley wrote a short pamphlet, named: "Principle of Double Entry Bookkepping"<ref>Arthur Cayley, Principles of Double Entry | Both Cayley and Hamilton had been inspired by [[wikipedia:Luca Pacioli|Luca Pacioli]]'s [[Double Entry Bookkeeping]], where Cayley wrote a short pamphlet, named: "Principle of Double Entry Bookkepping"<ref>Arthur Cayley, The Principles of Book-keeping by Double Entry, Cambridge University Press, First Published in 1894, Digitized by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/principlesofbook00caylrich, last accessed: June 2, 2021</ref>, and showed that balancing and keeping data consistent and honest being a mathematically interesting idea. | ||
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Revision as of 12:16, 2 June 2021
Arthur Cayley, a British mathematician that is a contemporary of Irish mathematician William Hamilton. Cayley has been credited for inventing matrix algebra.
Both Cayley and Hamilton had been inspired by Luca Pacioli's Double Entry Bookkeeping, where Cayley wrote a short pamphlet, named: "Principle of Double Entry Bookkepping"[1], and showed that balancing and keeping data consistent and honest being a mathematically interesting idea.
References
- ↑ Arthur Cayley, The Principles of Book-keeping by Double Entry, Cambridge University Press, First Published in 1894, Digitized by the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/principlesofbook00caylrich, last accessed: June 2, 2021