Charles Sanders Peirce (/pɜːrs/ PURSS; September 10, 1839 – April 19, 1914) was an American scientist, mathematician, logician, and philosopher who is... 145 KB (18,264 words) - 13:40, 19 April 2024 |
Benjamin Peirce (30 September 1778 – 26 July 1831) was librarian of the Harvard Library from 1826 to 1831. Peirce, born in Salem, 30 September 1778, was... 3 KB (317 words) - 04:27, 31 August 2023 |
Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880), Professor of Mathematics at Harvard University. Benjamin Peirce may also refer to: Benjamin Osgood Peirce (1854–1914), Hollis... 607 bytes (101 words) - 18:14, 13 November 2018 |
associative algebras was introduced by Benjamin Peirce (1870, proposition 41, page 13). A similar but more complicated Peirce decomposition for Jordan algebras... 3 KB (416 words) - 10:00, 18 January 2023 |
In robust statistics, Peirce's criterion is a rule for eliminating outliers from data sets, which was devised by Benjamin Peirce. In data sets containing... 21 KB (2,861 words) - 01:21, 4 December 2023 |
were forgeries. It is famous for the forensic use of mathematics by Benjamin Peirce as an expert witness. Sylvia Ann Howland died in 1865, leaving roughly... 5 KB (733 words) - 02:23, 13 September 2023 |
x^{n}=0} . The term, along with its sister idempotent, was introduced by Benjamin Peirce in the context of his work on the classification of algebras. This... 8 KB (1,183 words) - 13:21, 27 January 2024 |
theory of determinants". Benjamin Peirce published his Linear Associative Algebra (1872), and his son Charles Sanders Peirce extended the work later.... 64 KB (7,778 words) - 00:04, 8 April 2024 |
schizophrenic artist in the David Cronenberg film Scanners Benjamin Peirce (disambiguation) Benjamin Pearse (1832–1902), Canadian public servant Ben Pearce... 1 KB (187 words) - 21:06, 4 March 2021 |
Moon's near side. It was named after the American mathematician Benjamin Peirce. Peirce lies to the north of the craters Yerkes and Picard, and southeast... 6 KB (480 words) - 22:48, 26 April 2023 |
Euler's identity is "the most famous formula in all mathematics". And Benjamin Peirce, a 19th-century American philosopher, mathematician, and professor... 15 KB (1,954 words) - 12:17, 9 April 2024 |
Australia Benjamin Peirce (1809–1880), American mathematician, known for Peirce's Criterion, father of Charles Charles Sanders Peirce (C. S. Peirce) (1839–1914)... 2 KB (257 words) - 16:32, 21 April 2022 |
Herschel's notation underwent a slight change in Benjamin Peirce's books, to remove the chief objection to them; Peirce wrote: "cos[−1] x," "log[−1] x."[c] […]... 38 KB (3,821 words) - 06:17, 16 February 2024 |
Outlier (section Peirce's criterion) Benjamin Peirce, "Criterion for the Rejection of Doubtful Observations", Astronomical Journal II 45 (1852) and Errata to the original paper. Peirce,... 27 KB (3,484 words) - 19:52, 25 October 2023 |
Benjamin Peirce was a schooner that served as a survey ship in the United States Coast Survey from 1855 to 1868. The Coast Survey acquired Benjamin Peirce... 6 KB (510 words) - 23:43, 27 March 2020 |
dropped out after his second year. He also attended the Peirce School of Business (now Peirce College), then one of the most prominent business schools... 12 KB (1,154 words) - 20:55, 14 April 2024 |
game, known as "the Devil on Two Sticks," was published in 1855 by Benjamin Peirce. Devil sticks vary widely in size and construction materials, but the... 6 KB (682 words) - 00:28, 22 March 2024 |
Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Dallas, and the great-grandson of Benjamin Franklin. After graduating from the United States Military Academy at West... 13 KB (1,096 words) - 14:28, 19 April 2024 |
extending between the extremes of [...]". The American astronomer Benjamin Peirce seems to have adopted that terminology and to have been one of its... 82 KB (8,765 words) - 04:20, 11 April 2024 |
Senator Peirce may refer to: Benjamin Peirce (librarian) (1778–1831), Massachusetts State Senate Clarence V. Peirce (1850–1923), Wisconsin State Senate... 465 bytes (83 words) - 15:54, 13 October 2020 |
Benjamin Osgood Peirce (February 11, 1854 – January 14, 1914) was an American mathematician and a holder of the Hollis Chair of Mathematics and Natural... 18 KB (1,892 words) - 06:51, 6 April 2024 |
Simon Newcomb (section Peirce family) graduating with a BSc in 1858. Newcomb studied mathematics under Benjamin Peirce, who also often invited the poor scholar to his home. Newcomb's biographer... 32 KB (3,586 words) - 21:46, 18 April 2024 |
Peirce College is a private college in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It focuses on adult education. In 1865, Thomas May Peirce, a Philadelphia educator,... 7 KB (653 words) - 22:59, 24 February 2024 |