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Who among the following was influenced by Augustus De Morgan's work?

  • George Boole

  • Isaac Newton

  • Charles Darwin

  • James Watt

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George Boole was a mathematician and logician, who is considered the father of Boolean algebra. He was influenced by Augustus De Morgan's work on logic and probability. Boole's work on Boolean algebra was published in his book The Laws of Thought in 1854. Boolean algebra is a system of logic that uses symbols to represent the values true and false.
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