Augustus De Morgan (27 Juni 1806 – 18 Maret 1871) adalah seorang matematikawan dan logikawan asal Britania. Ia merumuskan hukum De Morgan dan mengenalkan istilah induksi matematika.
| Augustus De Morgan | |
|---|---|
Augustus De Morgan (1806-1871) | |
| Lahir | 27 Juni 1806 Madurai, Kepresidenan Madras, Kekaisaran Britania (sekarang India) |
| Meninggal | 18 Maret 1871 (umur 64) London, Inggris |
| Tempat tinggal | India Inggris |
| Kebangsaan | Britania |
| Almamater | Trinity College University of Cambridge |
| Dikenal atas | Hukum De Morgan De Morgan algebra Relation algebra Universal algebra |
| Karier ilmiah | |
| Bidang | Matematikawan dan logikawan |
| Institusi | University College London University College School |
| Pembimbing akademik | John Philips Higman George Peacock William Whewell |
| Mahasiswa ternama | Edward Routh James Joseph Sylvester Frederick Guthrie William Stanley Jevons Ada Lovelace Francis Guthrie Stephen Joseph Perry |
| Terinspirasi | George Boole |
| Menginspirasi | Thomas Corwin Mendenhall Isaac Todhunter |
| Catatan | |
Ia adalah ayah dari William De Morgan. |
Penulisan pilihan sunting
- 1836. An Explanation of the Gnomonic Projection of the Sphere. London: Baldwin.
- 1837. Elements of Trigonometry, and Trigonometrical Analysis. London: Taylor & Walton.
- 1837. The Elements of Algebra. London: Taylor & Walton.
- 1838. An Essay on Probabilities. London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans.
- 1840. The Elements of Arithmetic. London: Taylor & Walton.
- 1840. First Notions of Logic, Preparatory to the Study of Geometry. London: Taylor & Walton.
- 1842. The Differential and Integral Calculus. London: Baldwin.
- 1845. The Globes, Celestial and Terrestrial. London: Malby & Co.
- 1847. Formal Logic or The Calculus of Inference. London: Taylor & Walton.
- 1849. Trigonometry and Double Algebra. London: Taylor, Walton & Malbery.
- 1860. Syllabus of a Proposed System of Logic. London: Walton & Malbery.
- 1872. A Budget of Paradoxes. London: Longmans, Green.
Lihat pula sunting
Catatan dan referensi sunting
- De Morgan, (1838) Induction (mathematics), The Penny Cyclopedia.
- Karpinski, Louis (1916). "Review: A Budget of Paradoxes (2nd edn.), by Augustus De Morgan". Bull. Amer. Math. Soc. 22 (9): 468–471.
Bacaan tambahan sunting
- De Morgan, A., 1966. Logic: On the Syllogism and Other Logical Writings. Heath, P., ed. Routledge. A useful collection of De Morgan's most important writings on logic.
- De Morgan, Sophia Elizabeth (1882). Memoir of Augustus De Morgan. London: Longmans, Green and Company.
- Grattan-Guinness, Ivor (2000). The Search for Mathematical Roots 1870-1940. Princeton University Press.
- Macfarlane, Alexander (1916). (PDF). New York: John Wiley and Sons. Diarsipkan dari versi asli (PDF) tanggal 2008-10-12. Diakses tanggal 2014-04-19.
- Merrill, Daniel D. (1990). Augustus De Morgan and the Logic of Relations. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
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- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson. Augustus De Morgan di MacTutor archive.
- Papers of Augustus De Morgan held by Senate House Library, University of London
- Library of Augustus De Morgan 2010-01-11 di Wayback Machine.
- Arsip-arsip yang berhubungan dengan Augustus De Morgan terdaftar di The National Archives (Britania Raya)
- Potret Augustus De Morgan di National Portrait Gallery, London
- Project Gutenberg eBook On the Study and Difficulties of Mathematics