Augustus De Morgan, the History of Mathematics, and the Foundations of Algebra

DOI10.1086/354328MaRDI QIDQ3767296zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Joan Richards

Publication date 1987

Published in Isis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1086/354328

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) Philosophy of mathematics (00A30)

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