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Il y a 180 ans naissaient... les quaternions, introduits par William Rowan Hamilton.
Dans l'une de ses lettres, il confie que l'idée de ces nombres lui est venue soudainement lors d'une balade le long du Royal Canal de Dublin. Il n'aurait alors pas résisté à la tentation de graver sur le pont de Brougham la "formule fondamentale".
Depuis les années 1990, une promenade #hamiltonwalk est organisée sur les bords du canal.

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#HamiltonWalk #OTD 1843
"Nor could I resist the impulse – unphilosophical as it may have been – to cut with a knife on a stone of Brougham Bridge, as we passed it, the fundamental formula with the symbols, i, j, k; namely,
i2 = j2 = k2 = ijk = -1"

https://www.irishphilosophy.com/2019/10/16/the-discover-of-quaternions/

#HistoryOfMaths #IrishPhilosophyOTD

Subject to license, we are delighted to be organising the Hamilton Walk 2023 with Maynooth University on Monday! We will gather at the observatory and re-trace Hamilton's footsteps from the 16th of October 1843 when he first etched his famous quaternion equation into the stone at Broombridge. This is a free event but places are limited and booking is required. Please see https://hamiltonwalk.eventbrite.ie for tickets and more information! #diasdiscovers #hamiltonwalk #hamilton
Hamilton Walk 2023

Hamilton Walk at DIAS Dunsink Observatory

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