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BOOLE, GEORGE. 1815-1864. A Treatise on the Calculus of Finite Differences. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1860. image 1
BOOLE, GEORGE. 1815-1864. A Treatise on the Calculus of Finite Differences. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1860. image 2
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BOOLE, GEORGE. 1815-1864.
A Treatise on the Calculus of Finite Differences. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1860.

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BOOLE, GEORGE. 1815-1864.

A Treatise on the Calculus of Finite Differences. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1860.
8vo. 18 pp of advertisements, dated 1860. Publisher's cloth, wear to cloth at spine ends.
Provenance: Presentation copy, ink inscription "From the author" to half-title.
WITH: A Treatise on Differential Equations. Cambridge: Macmillan and Co, 1859. 8vo. 14 pp ads. Publisher's cloth, some staining.
Provenance: Alfred Barrett (inscription to title page, cancelled); C. Lloyd (ink signature).

FIRST EDITIONS, ONE A PRESENTATION COPY, of Boole's two major works on mathematics and differential equations. According to Stephen Wolfram, Boole's work was still an important reference when they compiled Mathematica in the 1990s, "notable especially for its nice examples of the factorization of linear difference operators" (Idea Makers, Wolfram, 2016). Important texts in the history of algorithmic analysis, these works embody and elaborate on Boole's most important discoveries in the field, they contain much original work and extend the content of Boole's earlier articles on the subject.

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