ARONHOLD, S.

Theorie der homogenen Functionen dritten Grades von drei Veränderlichen.

Berlin, G. Reimer, 1858. 4to. As extracted from "Journal für die reine und angewandte Mathematik, 55. Band, 1858"., without backstrip. Fine and clean. [Aronhold:] Pp. 97-191.

First printing of Aronhold's important paper on the theory of invariants:

Aronhold was particularly attracted by the theory of invariants, which was then the center of mathematical interest, and was the first German to do research in this area. The theory of invariants is not, however, connected with Aronhold alone - others who worked on it were Sylvester, Cayley, and Hesse - but he developed a special method that proved to be extremely successful. Aronhold stresses that he arrived at his principles as early as 1851, citing his doctoral dissertation and the treatise "Theorie der homogenen Funktionen dritten Grades... (1858). Since the subsequent theory and terminology did not yet exist, he claimed priority." (DSB).

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