James Mercer (mathematician)
James Mercer FRS[1] (15 January 1883 – 21 February 1932) was a mathematician, born in Bootle, close to Liverpool, England.[2]
He was educated at University of Manchester, and then University of Cambridge. He became a Fellow, saw active service at the Battle of Jutland in World War I and, after decades of ill health, died in London.
He proved
kernel trick (applied by Aizerman
), which allows linear algorithms to be easily converted into non-linear algorithms.
References
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- ^ O'Connor, John J.; Robertson, Edmund F., "James Mercer", MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive, University of St Andrews
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