Timeline for General Sylvester's linear matrix equation
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| Jan 26, 2021 at 14:35 | comment | added | Denis Serre | @GerryMyerson. I heard this joke 20 years ago, from Efimov, à propos of his proof of the General Burnside conjecture. | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 12:27 | comment | added | Ahmad Jamil Ahmad Masad | @M.G thank you for clarification. | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 12:14 | comment | added | M.G. | @AhmadJamilAhmadMasad: no need to apologize, it was a joke :) The general is a different Sylvester. Or is he?... | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 12:08 | comment | added | Ahmad Jamil Ahmad Masad | @M.G sorry for misconception. | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 11:54 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jan 26, 2021 at 11:50 | comment | added | M.G. | @GerryMyerson: of course, he was: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Sylvester | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 8:14 | history | edited | YCor | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
removed capitals from title, changed tag, added setting
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| Jan 26, 2021 at 8:01 | answer | added | Federico Poloni | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 6:48 | comment | added | Ahmad Jamil Ahmad Masad | @Gerry Myerson may be he meant the concept of generalization in mathematics. | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 3:57 | comment | added | Gerry Myerson | I didn't even know Sylvester was in the Army, much less that he held the rank of a General. | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 3:45 | history | asked | DSM | CC BY-SA 4.0 |