"The Study of Algebra may be pursued in three very different schools, the Practical, the Philological, or the Theoretical, according as Algebra itself is accounted an Instrument, or a Language, or a Contemplation; according as ease of operation, or symmetry of expression, or clearness of thought, (the agere, the fari, or the sapere,) is eminently prized and sought for."
Quote Details
Added by wikiquote-import-bot
Unverified quote
0 likes
Academics from IrelandAnglicansPhysicists from IrelandAstronomers from IrelandMathematicians from Ireland
Original Language: English
Available Languages (1)
Sources
"Theory of Conjugate Functions, or Algebraic Couples; with a Preliminary and Elementary Essay on Algebra as the Science of Pure Time" (1837) Transactions of the Royal Irish Academy, Vol. 17, pp. 293–422. Read November 4th, 1833, and June 1st, 1835.
https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/William_Rowan_Hamilton
Revision History
No revisions have been submitted for this quote.
Categories
William Rowan Hamilton
Sir William Rowan Hamilton (4 August 1805 – 2 September 1865) was an Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician, who made important contributions to classical mechanics, optics, and algebra. His studies of mechanical and optical systems led him to discover new mathematical concepts and techniques. His greatest contribution is perhaps the reformulation of Newtonian mechanics, now called Hamiltonian mechanics. This work has proven central to the modern study of classical field theories such as
13 quotes on TrueQuotesView all quotes by William Rowan Hamilton →
Related Quotes
"To admire is, to me, questionless, the highest pleasure of life."
"Time is said to have only one dimension, and space to have three dimensions. ... The mathematical quaternion partakes…"
"Hamilton was not only an Irishman, but Irish: and this with curious oppositions of character. He was a non-combatant:…"
"The difficulties which so many have felt in the doctrine of Negative and Imaginary Quantities in Algebra forced thems…"
"It may not sound very consistent with any such professed humility on my part, if I say to you that, after having serv…"
"… an undercurrent of thought was going on in my mind which gave at last a result, whereof it is not too much to say t…"
"It still remained to be seen whether the laws of motion, as dependent on moving forces, could also be consistently tr…"
"To the scientists of 1850, Hamilton's principle was the realization of a dream. ...from the time of Galileo scientist…"
"The minimum principle that unified the knowledge of light, gravitation, and electricity of Hamilton's time no longer …"
"He used to carry on, long trains of algebraic and arithmetical calculations in his mind, during which he was unconsci…"