W. R. Hamilton's view of algebra as the science of pure time and his revision of this view

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(85)90067-9zbMath0581.01005OpenAlexW2073845185MaRDI QIDQ1068065

Peter Øhrstrøm

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(85)90067-9

zbMATH Keywords

symbolsalgebraalgebraic structuresde MorganPeacockscience of languagescience of pure time

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biographies, obituaries, personalia, bibliographies (01A70) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of associative rings and algebras (16-03)

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• Algebra and pure time: Hamilton's affinity with Kant
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