[FOM] Re: BOOLE'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANALYSIS

[Vladimir Komendantsky]

There is a definitive biography of Boole "George Boole: His Life and 
Work", by Desmond MacHale, (Boole Press, 1985).

The partial answer to John Corcoran's question Q2 ("What are Boole's 
most important contributions to analysis?") based on the above cited book:
In 1841 Boole founded a new branch of mathematics called Invariant 
Theory, later to inspire Einstein. In 1844 he was awarded the first Gold 
Medal of The Royal Society of London in 1844 for a paper on Differential 
Equations whose methods are still used today.

Regards,
Vlad

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Vladimir Komendantsky
Boole Centre for Research in Informatics
University College Cork
Ireland

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EMAIL: v.komendantsky at cs.ucc.ie