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For others with a similar name, see Benjamin Pierce.
After graduating from Harvard, he remained as a tutor(1829), and was subsequently appointed professor of mathematics in 1831. He added astronomy to his portfolio in 1842, and remained as Harvard professor until his death. In addition, he was instrumental in the development of Harvard's science curriculum, served as the college librarian, and was director of the U.S. Coast Survey from 1867 from 1874. In number theory, he proved there is no odd perfect number with fewer than four prime factors. In algebra, he was notable for the study of associative algebras. He first introduced the terms idempotent and nilpotent to describe elements of these algebras. In the philosophy of mathematics, he became known for the statement that "Mathematics is the science that draws necessary conclusions",[2] and believed, along with George Boole, that mathematics could be used to analyze logic. This was in opposition to the program of Gottlob Frege and Bertrand Russell to base mathematics on logic. He was an expert witness in the Howland will forgery trial. His analysis of the signature in question showed that it resembled another particular handwriting example so closely that the chances of such a match were statistically extremely remote. As a person he was devoutly Christian, seeing "mathematics as study of God's work by God's creatures."[citation needed] He married Sarah Hunt Mills, the daughter of U.S. Senator Elijah Hunt Mills.[3] They produced three sons and a daughter: Charles Peirce a famous logician, James Mill who also taught mathematics at Harvard, and H.H.D who worked for Herter Brothers.
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