De Morgan

[ di mawr-guhn ]

noun

1. Augustus, 1806–71, English mathematician and logician.
2. William Frend [frend], 1839–1917, English novelist and ceramist.

Example Sentences

Stymied by the problem, famed mathematician Augustus De Morgan grew obsessed and concluded that a new axiom—which in math is a statement that’s assumed to be true without proof, from which more complicated statements can be derived—must be added to the foundations of math to resolve Guthrie’s conjecture.

From Scientific American

“This mysterious 3.141592...which comes in at every door and window, and down every chimney,” wrote the British mathematician Augustus De Morgan.

From Literature

Falcons: Ryan sustained the cut on his left hand when Panthers DE Morgan Fox stepped on it in the second quarter.

From Fox News

Falcons: Ryan sustained the cut on his left hand when Panthers DE Morgan Fox stepped on it in the second quarter.

From Seattle Times

Defaced by early Coptic Christians, damaged by earthquakes and even mined for building materials, Kom Ombo was in disrepair until 1893, when it was cleared by the French archaeologist Jean-Jacques de Morgan.

From New York Times