Robert McNees on Nostr: Crossing Brougham Bridge in Dublin #OTD in 1843, William Hamilton had a flash of ...
Crossing Brougham Bridge in Dublin #OTD in 1843, William Hamilton had a flash of insight. He finally understood how to multiply quaternions after puzzling over the problem for years. He scratched the result into the stone:
i² = j² = k² = ijk = -1
Image: Wikimedia
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