Historical treatment of quaternions
William Edwin Hamilton
William Edwin Hamilton (10 May 1834 – 17 March 1902) was the elder son of the Irish mathematician Sir William Rowan Hamilton and Lady Helen Maria Hamilton Bayly. (Wikipedia).
Historical treatment of quaternions
William Edwin Hamilton (10 May 1834 – 17 March 1902) was the elder son of the Irish mathematician Sir William Rowan Hamilton and Lady Helen Maria Hamilton Bayly. (Wikipedia).
Moving on from Lagrange's equation, I show you how to derive Hamilton's equation.
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