Augustus De Morgan | |
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 De Morgan in 1882 | |
| Born | 27 June 1806 |
| Died | 18 March 1871 (aged 64) London, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
| Known for | De Morgan's laws De Morgan algebra De Morgan hierarchy Relation algebra Universal algebra |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematician and Logician |
| Institutions | University College London University College School |
| Academic advisors | John Philips Higman George Peacock William Whewell |
| Notable students | Edward Routh James Joseph Sylvester Frederick Guthrie William Stanley Jevons Jacob Waley Ada Lovelace Walter Bagehot Richard Holt Hutton Francis Guthrie Stephen Joseph Perry Numa Edward Hartog Isaac Todhunter Henry Roscoe Arthur Cohen Thomas Hodgkin Robert Bellamy Clifton Charles James Hargreave George Jessel Sedley Taylor |
| Notes | |
He was the father of William De Morgan. | |
Augustus De Morgan (27 June 1806 – 18 March 1871) was a British mathematician and logician. He is best known for De Morgan's laws, relating logical conjunction, disjunction, and negation, and for coining the term "mathematical induction", the underlying principles of which he formalized.[1] De Morgan's contributions to logic are heavily used in many branches of mathematics, including set theory and probability theory, as well as other related fields such as computer science.
- ^ De Morgan, (1838) Induction (mathematics), The Penny Cyclopedia.