Peter Ludwig Sylow studied at Christiania University and won a mathematics contest in 1853. He then took the high school teacher examination in 1856 and, as no university post was available, taught in the town of Frederikshald from 1858 to 1898.
Sylow became an editor of Acta Mathematica and, in 1894, he was awarded an honorary doctorate from the university of Copenhagen. He was a editor of Abel's papers with sophus lie. He was appointed professor in 1898.
Born: December 12,1832
Died: September 7,1918
Location: Was born and died in Christiania
No comments:
Post a Comment