Sylow is a surname that originates in Denmark. Notable people with the surname include:

People

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 ...

(1832–1918), Norwegian mathematician *

Ludvig Sylow (DBU) Ludvig Sylow (6 October 1861 – 20 February 1933) was a Danish football executive, who was the fifth chairman of the Danish Football Association from 1911 to 1918. He was also a member of FIFA's founding board of directors. Early life Ludvig Sy ...

(1861–1933), Danish football executive *

Arnoldus von Westen Sylow Koren Arnoldus von Westen Sylow Koren (22 July 1764 – 8 October 1854) was a civil servant and district judge. He served as a representative at the Norwegian Constitutional Assembly. Biography Arnoldus Koren was born in Bergen, Norway. He fath ...

(1764–1854), Norwegian civil servant and district judge *

Thomas Edvard von Westen Sylow Thomas Edvard von Westen Sylow (3 August 1792 – 20 December 1875) was the Norwegian Minister of the Army 1848–1852 and 1852–1853, and member of the Council of State Division in Stockholm Stockholm (; ) is the Capital city, capital a ...

(1792–1875), Norwegian Minister of the Army

Other uses

Sylow theorems In mathematics, specifically in the field of finite group theory, the Sylow theorems are a collection of theorems named after the Norwegian mathematician Peter Ludwig Sylow that give detailed information about the number of subgroups of fixed ...

, a collection of theorems named after the Norwegian mathematician Peter Ludwig Sylow * Sylow subgroups of the symmetric groups are important examples of p-groups *

Sylow-Tournament Sylow-Tournament () was a knockout association football competition contested annually between 1918 and 1926, organised by the Danish FA (DBU), which determined the championship of the representative teams, referred to as ''Sylow-teams'', of the s ...

, a knockout football competition contested annually between 1918 and 1926 {{surname, Sylow Danish-language surnames