Arthur Cayley

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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 important mathematical idea.

References

  1. Arthur Cayley, Principles of Double Entry Bookkeeping, Cambridge University