Matrices: Why they even exist?

A brief coverage of the history of matrices from the point of view of Engineering Maths.

There have been so many mathematicians involved in the development of matrices, I've only named a few in this video that I feel contributed heavily to what you're exposed to in engineering maths.

My resources for the information:
1) Absolutely brilliant resource for a timeline of information regarding the history of matrices ... http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~h...

2) Around pages 177 and 515 in A History of Mathematics by Carl B. Boyer and Uta C. Merzbach. A great book covering the history of mathematics, you can pick up a copy on Amazon here: https://amzn.to/2PNO3z0

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