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George P. H. Styan - Some remarks on five mathematicians and on at least three postage stamps all associated with determinants
| GEORGE P. H. STYAN, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6 |
| Some remarks on five mathematicians and on at least three postage stamps all associated with determinants |
The five mathematicians, who were all interested in determinants are: Takakazu Seki k(0) wa: 1642() (?)-1708 Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz: 1646-1716 William Spottiswoode: 1825-1883 Charles Lutwidge Dodgson: 1832-1898 Sir Thomas Muir: 1844-1934.
Postage stamps have been issued in honour of Seki, Leibniz and Dodgson.
This is a joint work with R. William Farebrother (Manchester) and Shane T. Jensen (Harvard).
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