Augustus De Morgan was a British mathematician and logician who lived from 1806 to 1871, best remembered for formulating De Morgan laws governing the relationship between logical conjunction, disjunction and negation, and for coining the term mathematical induction. His work helped establish mathematical logic as a formal discipline by introducing algebraic methods to a subject that had previously belonged mainly to philosophers. His contributions to logic and abstract algebra remain foundational to modern mathematics, computer science and set theory.
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Augustus De Morgan (27 June 1806
Early life, paragraph 1 (birth year)
Augustus De Morgan was born in Madurai, in the Carnatic region of India, in 1806.
Early life, paragraph 1 (birthplace)
Augustus De Morgan was born in Madurai, in the Carnatic region of India, in 1806.
Retirement and death, paragraph 1 (death date)
De Morgan died of nervous prostration on 18 March 1871.
Retirement and death, paragraph 1 (death year)
De Morgan died of nervous prostration on 18 March 1871.
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was a British mathematician and logician
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was a British mathematician and logician
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He is best known for De Morgan's laws relating logical conjunction, disjunction, and negation
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WikipediaAssociated With: London Mathematical Society, History sectionQuote, Associated With: London Mathematical Society, History section
The Society was established on 16 January 1865, the first president being Augustus De Morgan.
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