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Henry John Stephen Smith

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Irish mathematician (1826-1883)

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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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1882Grand prix des sciences mathématiques
1861Fellow of the Royal Society

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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. Smith was also first to discover the Cantor set.

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Lived 1826 to 1883 · aged 56
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