Hamilton, Rodrigues, and the Quaternion Scandal

DOI10.2307/2689481zbMath0704.01009OpenAlexW4237021507WikidataQ54152552 ScholiaQ54152552MaRDI QIDQ3483246

Simon L. Altmann

Publication date: 1989

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.2307/2689481

zbMATH Keywords

vectorsrotations. rotation group

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

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