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- From: gvw@epcc.ed.ac.uk (Greg Wilson)
- Newsgroups: sci.math
- Subject: Origin of Matrices??
- Message-ID: <43339@skye.dcs.ed.ac.uk>
- Date: 6 Sep 92 16:14:49 GMT
- Sender: nnews@dcs.ed.ac.uk
- Organization: Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre
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- I am trying to find out how matrices (and linear algebra) came to be ---
- who was the first mathematician to use matrix notation, how quickly did
- it spread, etc.
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- Please reply directly, as I am not a regular reader of this newsgroup.
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- Thanks,
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- Gregory V. Wilson || For in much wisdom is much
- Technical Coordinator || grief; and he that increaseth
- Edinburgh Parallel Computing Centre || knowledge, increaseth sorrow.
- gvw@epcc.edinburgh.ac.uk || - Ecclesiastes
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