The term "matrix" for such arrangements was introduced in 1850 by
Sylvester, incidentally, had a (very) brief career at the University of Virginia,
which came to an abrupt end after an enraged Sylvester hit a newspaper-reading
student with a sword stick and fled the country, believing he had killed the student!
which came to an abrupt end after an enraged Sylvester hit a newspaper-reading
student with a sword stick and fled the country, believing he had killed the student!
( Interesting isn't it ? Want to know more ? Read the history of James
Joseph Sylvester,the great mathematician who has created matrices )
Joseph Sylvester,the great mathematician who has created matrices )
