A Letter to Augustus De Morgan (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781022011861)

This fascinating letter by William Hamilton, one of the leading mathematicians and thinkers of the Victorian era, offers a critique of Augustus De Morgan's seminal work on symbolic logic, A Budget of Paradoxes. Hamilton argues that De Morgan's work is flawed, and offers a series of counter-arguments that shed new light on this important area of mathematics. This letter is a valuable resource for anyone interested in the history of mathematics or the development of logic.

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