Augustus De Morgan
1806 – 1871 · aged 65
British mathematician and logician (1806–1871)
- Born
- 27 Jun 1806 · Madurai
- Died
- 18 Mar 1871 · London
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- 27 Jun 1806BornBorn in Madurai
- 1865 – 1866RoleChairperson
- 18 Mar 1871DiedDied in London
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- 1812 – 1815War of 1812
- 1814 – 1815Congress of Vienna
- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
Biography
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. 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.
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