Mathematician:Augustus De Morgan

British mathematician and logician best known for De Morgan's laws.

Also introduced and made rigorous the Principle of Mathematical Induction.

Nationality
British

History

 * Born: 27 June 1806 in Madurai, Madras Presidency, British Raj (now India).
 * Died: 18 March 1871 in London, England.

Theorems

 * De Morgan's laws

Books and Papers

 * 1836: An Explanation of the Gnomonic Projection of the Sphere
 * 1837: Elements of Trigonometry, and Trigonometrical Analysis
 * 1837: The Elements of Algebra
 * 1838: An Essay on Probabilities
 * 1840: The Elements of Arithmetic
 * 1840: First Notions of Logic, Preparatory to the Study of Geometry
 * 1840: Edited
 * 1842: The Differential and Integral Calculus
 * 1845: The Globes, Celestial and Terrestrial
 * 1847: Formal Logic or The Calculus of Inference
 * October 1848: Short Supplementary Remarks on the first six Books of Euclid's  (in the Companion to the [British] Almanac, 1849)
 * 1849: Trigonometry and Double Algebra
 * 1860: Syllabus of a Proposed System of Logic
 * 1872: A Budget of Paradoxes

Notable Quotes

 * "It is easier to square the circle than to get round a mathematician."