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When Augustus De Morgan died in 1871, he was described as ‘one of the profoundest mathematicians in the United Kingdom’ and even as ‘the greatest of our m

Published in 1882, the Memoir of Augustus de Morgan provides an engaging introduction to one of Britain's most brilliant mathematicians.

Presents a biographical sketch of English mathematician Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871), compiled as part of the MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive of the S

Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871) was a British mathematician and logician. He formulated De Morgan's laws and introduced the term mathematical induction. In 1823,

It is unusual for a single scholar practically to reorient an entire sub-field of study, but this is what Chris Stray has done for the history of UK classical s