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Sylow
Sylow is a surname that originates in Denmark. Notable people with the surname include: People *Peter Ludvig Sylow (1832–1918), Norwegian mathematician *Ludvig Sylow (DBU) (1861–1933), Danish football executive *Arnoldus von Westen Sylow Koren (1764–1854), Norwegian civil servant and district judge *Thomas Edvard von Westen Sylow (1792–1875), Norwegian Minister of the Army Other uses *Sylow theorems, a collection of theorems named after the Norwegian mathematician Peter Ludwig Sylow *Symmetric group#Sylow subgroups, Sylow subgroups of the symmetric groups are important examples of p-groups *Sylow-Tournament, a knockout football competition contested annually between 1918 and 1926 {{surname, Sylow Danish-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Ludvig Sylow
Peter Ludvig Meidell Sylow () (12 December 1832 – 7 September 1918) was a Norwegians, Norwegian mathematician who proved foundational results in group theory. Sylow processed and further developed the innovative works of mathematicians Niels Henrik Abel and Évariste Galois in algebra. Sylow theorems and p-groups, known as ''Sylow subgroups'', are fundamental in finite groups. By profession, Sylow was a teacher at the Fredrikshald Latin School (Norwegian: Fredrikshalds lærde og realskole) for 40 years from 1858 to 1898, and then a professor at the University of Oslo for 20 years from 1898 to 1918. Despite the isolation in Frederikshald, Sylow was an active member of the mathematical world. He wrote a total of approximately 25 mathematical and biographical works, corresponded with many of the leading mathematicians of the time, and was an able co-editor of ''Acta Mathematica'' from the journal's start in 1882. He was also elected into the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letter ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |