Mathematician:Henry John Stephen Smith

Mathematician
Irish mathematician remembered for his work in elementary divisors, quadratic forms, and the Smith-Minkowski-Siegel Mass Formula in number theory.

Devised the Smith Normal Form of a matrix.

Also worked on elliptic functions.

Nationality
Irish (then part of Great Britain).

History

 * Born: 2 November 1826 in Dublin, Ireland
 * Died: 9 February 1883 in Oxford, England

Theorems and Definitions

 * Smith-Minkowski-Siegel Mass Formula (with and )
 * Smith Normal Form
 * Smith-Volterra-Cantor Set (with and )

Notable Quotes

 * Arithmetic is one of the oldest branches, perhaps the very oldest branch, of human knowledge; and yet some of its most abstruse secrets lie close to its tritest truths.
 * -- Quoted in : They Say: What Say They? : Let Them Say

Also known as
The Stephen is sometimes omitted when reporting his name: Henry John Smith.