William Rowan Hamilton

William Rowan Hamilton. (1805 - 1865). Irish mathematician, physicist and astronomer.

Noteworthy

• Andrews Professor of Astronomy at Trinity College Dublin.
• Knighthood (1835).
• Hamiltonian mechanics.
• Hamiltonian path.
• Hamilton's principle.
• Hamiltonian.
• Hamilton–Jacobi equation.
• Icosian calculus.
• Nabla symbol.
• Quaternion.
• Coining the term scalar.
• Coining the term tensor.

Quotations

• William_Rowan_Hamilton_quotes

See Also

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rowan_Hamilton

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Sir William Rowan Hamilton
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