 citations↑ සැකිල්ල:Harvard citations↑ සැකිල්ල:Harvard citations cited by සැකිල්ල:Harvard citations↑ සැකිල්ල:Harvard citations↑ සැකිල්ල:Harvard citations↑  Merriam–Webster dictionary, Merriam–Webster, http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/matrix, ප්‍රතිෂ්ඨාපනය April, 20th 2009 ↑ Per the OED the first usage of the word "matrix" with respect to mathematics appears in J. J. Sylvester in London, Edinb. & Dublin Philos. Mag. 37 (1850), p. 369:  "We ‥commence‥ with an oblong arrangement of terms consisting, suppose, of m lines and n columns. This will not in itself represent a determinant, but is, as it were, a Matrix out of which we may form various systems of determinants by fixing upon a number p, and selecting at will p lines and p columns, the squares corresponding to which may be termed determinants of the pth order.↑ The Collected Mathematical Papers of James Joseph Sylvester: 1837–1853, Paper 37, p. 247↑ සැකිල්ල:Harvard citations↑ සැකිල්ල:Harvard citations↑ සැ