Henry John Stephen Smith
Irish mathematician (1826-1883) · Academics · Died at 56
Henry John Stephen Smith was an Irish mathematician and amateur astronomer remembered for his work in elementary divisors, quadratic forms, and Smith-Minkowski-Siegel mass formula in number theory. In matrix theory he is visible today in having his name on the Smith normal form of a matrix.
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Smith was also first to discover the Cantor set.
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1826 to 1883 · aged 56
The same award as Henry
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