| Reference number | MM/15/17 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Letter from J J Sylvester, Athenaeum, to Arthur Cayley |
| Date | 3 February 1875 |
| Description | Describing his current mathematical work and requesting a copy of Cayley's paper on elliptic functions. Sylvester also makes arrangements in the letter to stay in Cambridge to write up his results on the algebraic theory of linkwork. |
| Extent | 6 sides |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | See KH Parshall, <i>James Joseph Sylvester: Life and Work in Letters</i>, Oxford: Clarendon Press (1998), pp142-143 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA2893 | Sylvester; James Joseph (1814 - 1897) | 1814 - 1897 |
| NA6944 | Cayley; Arthur (1821 - 1895); mathematician | 1821 - 1895 |