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Gibbs and His Vector Theory (2008)

Sun, Qinghua (Author)
Bao, Fangxun (Author)

Ziran Kexueshi Yanjiu (Studies in the History of Natural Sciences)
Volume: 27
Pages: 83--93

Publication Date: 2008
Edition Details: [Translated title.] In Chinese.
Language: Chinese

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Mathematics Vectors; tensors Physics 19th century Gibbs, Josiah Willard

The vector theory is one of the important achievements of the domain of mathematics and physics in the second half of the 19th century. Based upon systematically analyzing the work of Gibbs, this paper discusses J. W. Gibbs' significant contributions to vector theory and the origin of his thoughts. The idea of quarternions is the base of vector theory which J. W. Gibbs created. Maxwell's gentle criticism and discriminating employment of quarternions methods probably did not go unnoticed by J. W. Gibbs, so the times were for J. W. Gibbs, who made the most important and key step by his insight and ingenuity, and created the modern vector analysis system. Successful application of vector theory in physics and astronomy enabled the theory to develop rapidly and spread widely.

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