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Boole, George. A treatise on differential equotations. Supplementary volume. XI, 235, 53 S., 1 Bl. 19 x 12,5 cm. OLeinen (stockfleckig, mit Papierrückenschild) mit goldgeprägtem RTitel. Cambridge und London, Macmillan, 1865. Erste Ausgabe der Schrift des englischen Logikers George Boole (1815-1864), auf dessen mathematische Überlegungen die für die Computertechnik grundlegende Boolesche Algebra zurückgeht. "The present [Supplementary-]Volume contains all that Professor Boole wrote for the purpose of enlarging his Treatise on Differential Equations. Had he lived to publish the second edition he would doubtless have incorporated his more recent investigations with the original work, and it is therefore necessary to explain why another plan has been adopted. In some cases Professor Boole had indicated that certain portions of the original work were to be omitted and their places supplied from the manuscripts; ... The design of reconstructing the Treatise was therefore abandoned; and it was resolved that the original volume should be reprinted, and that the manuscripts should be collected and published seperately. ... I have printed all the unpublished matter relating to Differential Equations which I found among Professor Boole's papers'' (Vorrede von I. Todhunter). – Ehemaliges Bibliotheksexemplar mit entsprechenden Stempeln und teils gelöschten Signaturen. Mit schwachem Kellergeruch.