George Boole

George Boole (/ˈbuːl/; 2 November 1815 – 8 December 1864) was an English mathematician, philosopher and logician.

Life

He worked in the fields of differential equations and algebraic logic, and is now best known as the author of The Laws of Thought.

Boole said:

... no general method for the solution of questions in the theory of probabilities can be established which does not explicitly recognise ... those universal laws of thought which are the basis of all reasoning ...

See also

• Algebraic logic
• Boole's syllogistic is a logic invented by 19th-century British mathematician George Boole, which attempts to incorporate the "empty set."
• Boolean algebra (structure), a set with operations resembling logical ones
• Boolean algebras canonically defined
• Boolean circuit, a mathematical model for digital logical circuits.
• Boolean data type is a data type, having two values (usually denoted true and false)
• Boolean expression, an expression in a programming language that produces a Boolean value when evaluated
• Boolean function, a function that determines Boolean values or operators
• Boolean model (probability theory), a model in stochastic geometry
• Boolean network, a certain network consisting of a set of Boolean variables whose state is determined by other variables in the network
• Boolean processor, a 1-bit variables computing unit
• Boolean satisfiability problem
• Logic
• Mathematical logic

External links

• George Boole @ Wikipedia