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version history HOW TO CITE THIS ENTRY Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy A B C D ... Z content revised FEB Benjamin Peirce Benjamin Peirce (b. April 4, 1809, d. October 6, 1880) was a professor at Harvard with interests in celestial mechanics, applications of plane and spherical trigonometry to navigation, number theory and algebra. In mechanics, he helped to establish the (effects of the) orbit of Neptune (in relation to Uranus). In number theory, he proved that there is no odd perfect number with fewer than four distinct prime factors. In algebra, he published a comprehensive book on complex associative algebras. Peirce is also of interest to philosophers because of his remarks about the nature and necessity of mathematics. 1. Career 2. Mathematics, mechanics and God 3. Algebras and their philosophy 4. The philosophy of necessity ... Related Entries 1. Career Born in 1809, Peirce became a major figure in mathematics and the physical sciences during a period when the U.S. was still a minor country in these areas (Hogan 1991). A student at Harvard College, he was appointed tutor there in 1829. Two years later he became Professor of Mathematics in the University, a post which was changed in 1842 to cover astronomy also; he held it until his death in 1880. He played a prominent role in the development of the science curriculum of the university, and also acted as College librarian for a time. However, he was not a successful teacher, being impatient with students lacking strong gifts; but he wrote some introductory textbooks in mathematics, and also a more advanced one in mechanics (Peirce 1855). Among his other appointments, the most important one was Director of the U.S. Coast Survey from 1867 to 1874. Peirce also exercised influence through his children. By far the most prominent was

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Benjamin Peirce [after proving Euler's formula e^ i = -1 in a lecture] Gentlemen, that is surely true, it is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means. But we have proved it, and therefore we know it is the truth. Quoted in E Kasner and J Newman Mathematicas and the Imagination (New York 1940)

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PEIRCE Benjamin idempotent et nilpotent . Son fils Charles Sanders magma associatif (E,*) est dit idempotent d'ordre k si : x*x*...*x = x Boole Dans un anneau (A, + , x nilpotent il existe un entier k tel que x k Dans C , muni de la multiplication, le nombre complexe i est idempotent d'ordre 5 car i = - 1, donc i = 1 et par suite i = i. est idempotente d'ordre 2 (pour la multiplication des matrices) : x (matrice de projecteur) est nilpotente d'ordre 2 x Dans l'anneau Z Z nilpotente Clifford : Burnside : Liouville Kummer

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Benjamin Peirce Born: 4 April 1809 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA Died: 6 Oct 1880 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Click the picture above to see two larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Benjamin Peirce was a graduate of Harvard and became a tutor there in 1831, two years after graduating. He worked on a wide range of mathematical topics from celestial mechanics and geodesy on the applied side to linear associative algebra and number theory on the pure side. In an early number theory paper he proved that there is no odd perfect number with fewer than four distinct prime factors. He also revised and wrote a commentary on Bowditch's translation of the first four volumes of Laplace's Appointed professor at Harvard in 1833 he was to establish the Harvard Observatory. Peirce helped determine the orbit of Neptune (discovered in 1846) and calculated the perturbations produced by Neptune on the orbit of Uranus and on the other planets. In 1870 Peirce published, at his own expense

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Benjamin Peirce Born: 4 April 1809 in Salem, Massachusetts, USA Died: 6 Oct 1880 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA Click the picture above to see two larger pictures Show birthplace location Previous (Chronologically) Next Biographies Index Previous (Alphabetically) Next Main index Benjamin Peirce was a graduate of Harvard and became a tutor there in 1831, two years after graduating. He worked on a wide range of mathematical topics from celestial mechanics and geodesy on the applied side to linear associative algebra and number theory on the pure side. In an early number theory paper he proved that there is no odd perfect number with fewer than four distinct prime factors. He also revised and wrote a commentary on Bowditch's translation of the first four volumes of Laplace's Appointed professor at Harvard in 1833 he was to establish the Harvard Observatory. Peirce helped determine the orbit of Neptune (discovered in 1846) and calculated the perturbations produced by Neptune on the orbit of Uranus and on the other planets. In 1870 Peirce published, at his own expense

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References for Benjamin Peirce Biography in Dictionary of Scientific Biography (New York 1970-1990). Biography in Encyclopaedia Britannica. Books: R C Archibald, Benjamin Peirce, 1809-1880 (Oberlin, Ohio, 1925). I Bernard Cohen (ed.), Benjamin Peirce : "father of pure mathematics" in America (New York, 1980). V F Lenzen, Benjamin Peirce and the U.S. Coast Survey (San Francisco, 1968). Articles: Many articles in Amer. Math. Monthly F P Matz, Biography. Benjamin Peirce, Amer. Math. Monthly P Meier and S Zabell, Benjamin Peirce and the Howland will, J. Amer. Statist. Assoc. S Newcomb, Note on Benjamin Peirce, Nation L Novy, Benjamin Peirce's concept of linear algebra, Acta Historiae Rerum Naturalium necnon Technicarum (Prague, 1974), 211-231. S R Peterson, Benjamin Peirce : mathematician and philosopher, J. Hist. Ideas H M Pycior, Benjamin Peirce's 'Linear associative algebra', Isis Main index Birthplace Maps Biographies Index History Topics ... Anniversaries for the year JOC/EFR February 1997 School of Mathematics and Statistics University of St Andrews, Scotland

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12. Peirce, Benjamin encyclopediaEncyclopedia peirce, benjamin. peirce, benjamin, 1809–80, Americanmathematician and astronomer, b. Salem, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1829. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0838059.html

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13. Peirce, Charles Sanders peirce, Charles Sanders , 1839–1914, American philosopher and polymath,b. Cambridge, Mass., grad. Harvard, 1859; son of benjamin peirce. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/people/A0838060.html

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Project Runeberg Nordic literature on the Internet since 1992. Nordic Authors Benjamin Peirce See also: Reference Biography and Genealogy Home Catalog ... Comments? Peirce, Benjamin (1809-1880) , mathematician, physicist, USA. Peirce, Benjamin presented by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. Read more about Benjamin Peirce in: Nationalencyklopedin (sökning) Projekt Runebergs wiki Susning.nu Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: Dansk Deutsch English Français ... Svenska Find other Nordic Authors named Peirce Look for more information in Libris Bibsys IPL.org AltaVista ... Yahoo Project Runeberg, Tue Jul 17 02:16:45 2001 (aronsson) http://www.lysator.liu.se/runeberg/authors/peircben.html

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PEIRCE Charles Sanders Benjamin Peirce fondements Russell et Whitehead Boole Sa contribution importante en logique propositionnelle, initiateur, avec Frege en Allemagne, des quantificateurs Cantor notations ensemblistes : Boole Symbole de Peirce : Gibbs Lemoine

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Quotations by Benjamin Peirce Mathematics is the science which draws necessary conclusions. Memoir read before the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, 1870. [after proving Euler's formula e i = -1 in a lecture] Gentlemen, that is surely true, it is absolutely paradoxical; we cannot understand it, and we don't know what it means. But we have proved it, and therefore we know it is the truth. Quoted in E Kasner and J Newman Mathematicas and the Imagination (New York 1940) Main index Biographies Index History Topics Societies, honours, etc. ... Anniversaries for the year JOC/EFR February 2000 The URL of this page is: School of Mathematics and Statistics University of St Andrews, Scotland http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Quotations/Peirce_Benjamin.html

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Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy A B C D ... Z Benjamin Peirce Benjamin Peirce (b. April 4, 1809, d. October 6, 1880) was a professor at Harvard with interests in celestial mechanics, applications of plane and spherical trigonometry to navigation, number theory and algebra. In mechanics, he helped to establish the (effects of the) orbit of Neptune (in relation to Uranus). In number theory, he proved that there is no odd perfect number with fewer than four distinct prime factors. In algebra, he published a comprehensive book on complex associative algebras. Peirce is also of interest to philosophers because of his remarks about the nature and necessity of mathematics. 1. Career 2. Mathematics, mechanics and God 3. Algebras and their philosophy 4. The philosophy of necessity ... Related Entries 1. Career Born in 1809, Peirce became a major figure in mathematics and the physical sciences during a period when the U.S. was still a minor country in these areas (Hogan 1991). A student at Harvard College, he was appointed tutor there in 1829. Two years later he became Professor of Mathematics in the University, a post which was changed in 1842 to cover astronomy also; he held it until his death in 1880. He played a prominent role in the development of the science curriculum of the university, and also acted as College librarian for a time. However, he was not a successful teacher, being impatient with students lacking strong gifts; but he wrote some introductory textbooks in mathematics, and also a more advanced one in mechanics (Peirce 1855). Among his other appointments, the most important one was Director of the U.S. Coast Survey from 1867 to 1874. Peirce also exercised influence through his children. By far the most prominent was

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