Quaternion matrix algebra extends classical matrix theory into the realm of hypercomplex numbers, enabling elegant representation and manipulation of three-dimensional rotations and rigid-body motions ...
It’s 179 years since William Rowan Hamilton really put Ireland on the maths map by inventing quaternions. This is a four-dimensional number system with a highly usual property as the order in which ...
On October 16, 1843, Sir William Rowan Hamilton was crossing the Royal Canal, Dublin, with his wife, on his way to presiding over a meeting of the Royal Irish Academy. While crossing Brougham Bridge, ...