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 mathematically interesting idea.
References
- ↑ Arthur Cayley, Principles of Double Entry Bookkeeping, Cambridge University