William Rowan Hamilton

Irish physicist and mathematician

William Rowan Hamilton - Irish physicist and mathematician
Born

August 4th, 1805
219 years ago

Died

September 2nd, 1865
159 years ago — 60 years old

Category

Scientists & Innovators

Country

Ireland

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Born in 1805, made significant contributions to classical mechanics and optics. Developed Hamiltonian mechanics, which reformulated Newtonian mechanics. Introduced quaternions, which represented the extension of complex numbers to a four-dimensional space. Served as the Astronomical Observator at the Dunsink Observatory in Dublin. Published important works in mathematical physics and played a pivotal role in the development of modern algebra.

Formulated Hamiltonian mechanics

Introduced quaternions

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