A History of Vector Analysis: The Evolution of the Idea of a Vectorial System by Michael J. Crowe

A History of Vector Analysis: The Evolution of the Idea of a Vectorial System

Dover Books on Mathematics

Michael J. Crowe

304 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history mathematics philosophy challenging informative medium-paced
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On October 16, 1843, Sir William Rowan Hamilton discovered quaternions and, on the very same day, presented his breakthrough to the Royal Irish Academy. Meanwhile, in a less dramatic style, a German high school teacher, Hermann Grassmann, was deve...

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