Quote: can reduce any system of logical equations to a single, equivalent equation

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Proposition I. Any system of logical equations may be reduced to a single equivalent equation, by multiplying each equation after the first by a distinct arbitrary constant quality, and adding all the results, including the first equation, together. [This was the first method of reduction. Boole also presents another, better method].   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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