Perplexingly Easy

Perplexingly Easy Selected Correspondence Between William Rowan Hamilton and Peter Guthrie Tait

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Publisher's Synopsis

Perplexingly Easy presents selected letters from the correspondence of Hamilton and Tait during the period from November 1858 to October 1859, critically edited by Wilkins. It offers mathematical historians and others fresh insights into the development of quaternions, and their physical applications, including conical refraction.

Book information

ISBN: 9781871408317
Publisher: Royal Irish Academy
Imprint: Royal Irish Academy
Pub date:
Language: English
Number of pages: 268
Weight: 538g
Height: 240mm
Width: 168mm
Spine width: 25mm