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There are a number of theorems in ordinary algebra, which, though apparently proved to be true only for symbols representing numbers, admit of a much more extended application. Such theorems depend only on the laws of combination to which the symbols are subject, and are therefore true for all symbols, whatever their nature may be, which are subject to the same laws of combination. The laws with which we have here concern are few in number, and may be stated in the following manner. Let a, b represent two operations, u, v two subjects on which they operate, then the laws are

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Born: April 13, 1813
Died: February 23, 1844 (aged 30)
Bio: Duncan Farquharson Gregory, a Scottish mathematician, was the youngest son of James Gregory and Isabella Macleod.

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