“I regard it as an inelegance, or imperfection, in quaternions, or rather in the state to which it has been hitherto unfolded, whenever it becomes or seems to become necessary to have recourse to x, y, z, etc.”
Quote by William Rowan Hamilton
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William Rowan Hamilton
William Rowan Hamilton, born on August 4, 1805 and died on September 2, 1865, was an Irish physicist who made significant contributions to the fields of mathematics and physics. He is particularly known for his work in classical mechanics and optics, introducing the Hamiltonian principle and the concept of angular momentum conservation. more
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