Quaternions: A herald of modern algebra (TEFC)

United Kingdom, 1975

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Episode of Series “History of Mathematics”.
A key mathematical development in modern algebraic ideas was the discovery of non-commutative algebras. William Rowan Hamilton worked on complex numbers and expressed them formally as pairs of real numbers. His work led him to try to generalise his ideas to three dimension but his generalisation to four dimensions led to the quaternion and the first non-commutative algebra.

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producer

John Richmond

Duration

00:25:20:00

Production places
United Kingdom
Production dates
1975

Appears in

History of Mathematics

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History of Mathematics

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ACMI Identifier

321345

Language

English

Subject categories

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Mathematics - Study and teaching

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Algebra

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Mathematics

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Mathematics - History

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Mathematics - Study and teaching

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Short films → Short films - Great Britain

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16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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