A Collection of papers in memory of Sir William Rowan Hamilton.
Series: The Scripta mathematica studies ;; no. 2
Publisher: Scripta mathematica, Yeshiva college
Published: 1945
Place of publication: New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 82
Subjects: Hamilton, William Rowan, Sir, 1805-1865.; Mathematics.
Notes: "References" at end of two papers.
Table of contents: title: Sir William Rowan Hamilton, by D.E. Smith.; title: The life and early work of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, by J.L. Synge.; title: Algebra's debt to Hamilton, by C.C. MacDuffee.; title: An elementary presenation of the theory of quaternions, by F.D. Murnaghan.; title: Two poems by Hamilton.; title: Hamilton's work in dynamics and its influence on modern thought, by H. Bateman.; title: Hamilton's contribution to mechanics, by E.B. Wilson.; title: The constancy of the velocity of light, by Vladimir Karapetoff.; title: The Hamilton postage stamp [an announcement by the Irish minister of posts and telegraphs]