 On Quaternions, or on a new System of Imaginaries in Algebra by William Rowan Hamilton

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On Quaternions, or on a new System of Imaginaries in Algebra by William Rowan Hamilton by

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Primary articles, transcribed and edited in 2000 by David R. Wilkins. Cited §§1–3 and §§10–11 for the units, associativity, distributivity and failure of commutativity. Original publication dates are listed in the editorial note.

Online source: www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Hamilton/OnQuat/OnQuat.pdf

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