Description “My study of the Essay and the literature citing it suggest that (1) although Hamilton's attempt to construct the real numbers was incorrect, the fact of its incorrectness was not discovered or noted ...and (2), the Essay was a substantial contribution towards arithmetizing analysis...”
Article
Wilson, Nancy;
(1971 (pub. 1974))
On Hamilton's conception of algebra as the science of pure time
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Chapter
Attis, David;
(1997)
The social context of W.R. Hamilton's prediction of conical refraction
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Article
Nakane, Michiyo;
Fraser, Craig G.;
(2002)
The Early History of Hamilton-Jacobi Dynamics, 1834--1837
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Article
Hendry, John;
(1984)
The evolution of William Rowan Hamilton's view of algebra as the science of pure time
(/isis/citation/CBB000027927/)
Article
Anne van Weerden;
Steven Wepster;
(2018)
A Most Gossiped About Genius: Sir William Rowan Hamilton
(/isis/citation/CBB864123041/)
Chapter
Fraser, Craig;
(2000)
Hamilton-Jacobi Methods and Weierstrassian Field Theory in the Calculus of Variations: A Study in the Interaction of Mathematics and Physics
(/isis/citation/CBB000450111/)
Article
Bachelard, S.;
(1971 (pub. 1974))
Du rôle de l'interprétation dans les théories algébriques de Hamilton
(/isis/citation/CBB000002219/)
Article
Bruno, Giuseppe;
Genovese, Andrea;
Improta, Gennaro;
(2011)
Routing Problems: A Historical Perspective
(/isis/citation/CBB001034720/)
Chapter
Bloor, David;
(1981)
Hamilton and Peacock on the essence of algebra
(/isis/citation/CBB000020242/)
Article
Hankins, Thomas L.;
(1977)
Triplets and triads: Sir William Rowan Hamilton on the metaphysics of mathematics
(/isis/citation/CBB000022414/)
Article
Nakane, Michiyo;
(1990)
W.R. Hamilton's characteristic function and the “principle of least action” in his research on optics. (In Japanese)
(/isis/citation/CBB000047727/)
Book
Hamilton, William Rowan;
Scaife, Brendan;
(2000)
Mathematical Papers of Sir William Rowan Hamilton, Volume IV: Geometry, Analysis, Astronomy, Probability and Finite Differences, Miscellaneous
(/isis/citation/CBB000100227/)
Article
Simmons, Charlotte;
(2008)
William Rowan Hamilton and George Boole
(/isis/citation/CBB000931920/)
Article
Thomas William Barrett;
(2015)
On the Structure of Classical Mechanics
(/isis/citation/CBB188856810/)
Article
Sen, Siddhartha;
(2005)
Why William Rowan Hamilton was not an FRS
(/isis/citation/CBB000651784/)
Article
Winterbourne, Anthony T.;
(1982)
Algebra and pure time: Hamilton's affinity with Kant
(/isis/citation/CBB000024354/)
Article
O'Neill, John;
(1993)
Intertextual reference in 19th-century mathematics
(/isis/citation/CBB000054914/)
Article
O'Hara, James G.;
(1982)
The prediction and discovery of conical refraction by William Rowan Hamilton and Humphrey Lloyd (1832-1833)
(/isis/citation/CBB000018472/)
Article
Koetsier, Teun;
(1995)
Explanation in the historiography of mathematics: The case of Hamilton quaternions
(/isis/citation/CBB000070996/)
Article
Nakane, Michiyo;
(1987)
W.R. Hamilton's description of optical-mechanical systems and characteristic function. (In Japanese)
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