Definition:Boolean Algebra/Mistake

Source Work

2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.):

Boolean algebra

Mistake

An algebraic system consisting of a *set of elements $S$ together with two *binary operations, denoted by (the Boolean product) and $+$ (the Boolean sum) obeying certain *axioms ...

Correction

The symbol denoting the Boolean product has been accidentally omitted.

It should read:

An algebraic system consisting of a *set of elements $S$ together with two *binary operations, denoted by $.$ (the Boolean product) and $+$ (the Boolean sum) obeying certain *axioms ...

This glitch does not appear in the second edition.

Sources

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