Quine, Willard. "The Problem of Simplifying Truth Functions." Mathematical Association of America, 1952. 1st edition. American Mathematical Monthly 59/8, October 1952 Original printed wrappers. Fine condition.
Quine, Willard van Orman. "A Way to Simplify Truth Functions". Mathematical Association of America, 1955. 1st edition. American Mathematical Monthly 8vo. Original printed wrappers. Very good condition. This is presentation of the Quine-McCluskey method of logical circuit minimization. Major paper, and its only appearance. The Quine-McCluskey algorithm (or the method of prime implicants) is a method used for minimization of boolean functions which was developed by W.V. Quine and Edward J. McCluskey. It is functionally identical to Karnaugh mapping, but the tabular form makes it more efficient for use in computer algorithms, and it also gives a deterministic way to check that the minimal form of a Boolean function has been reached. It is sometimes referred to as the tabulation method.
[Note: both issues are the same color; the issue in the background was rendered darker because it wasn't on the scanner bed.]
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