Mathematician:Henry Maurice Sheffer
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Mathematician
American logician famous for proving in $1913$ that the logical NAND operator is functionally complete. (This had previously been noted by Charles Sanders Peirce in $1880$ but not published till $1933$.)
Nationality
Polish, born in Ukraine. Emigrated to USA as a child.
History
- Born: September 1, 1882, Western Ukraine
- Died: 1964
Theorems and Definitions
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