william rowan hamilton
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Today is not Hamilton's day.
Today is the 170th anniversary of William Rowan Hamilton's conceptualisation of quaternions and act of public vandalism. i2 = j2 = k2 = ijk = −1 I have sympathy for anyone making the pilgrimage today, it's bucketing down in Dublin. However as Ada Lovelace is more in fashion so it's Ada...- catsmate
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