Inspiration or desperation? Augustus De Morgan's appointment to the chair of mathematics at London University in 1828

DOI10.1017/S0007087497003075zbMath0884.01019MaRDI QIDQ4365085

Adrian C. Rice

Publication date: 14 December 1997

Published in: The British Journal for the History of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

London Universityde Morgan

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mathematics at specific universities (01A73)

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