Article ID: CBB000070996

Explanation in the historiography of mathematics: The case of Hamilton quaternions (1995)

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Authors & Contributors
Nakane, Michiyo
Hankins, Thomas L.
Winterbourne, Anthony T.
Wilson, Nancy
Waerden, Bartel Leendert van der
Verburgt, Lukas M.
Concepts
Algebra
Mathematics
Optimization problems (mathematics)
Mathematicians
Collected works
Mechanics
Time Periods
19th century
18th century
20th century, early
Places
British Isles
Institutions
Cambridge University
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