Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Lectures on Quaternions, Vol. 2: Containing a Systematic Statement of a New Mathematical Method; Of Which the Principles Were Communicated in 1843 to the Royal Irish Academy
Some readers may find it convenient to pass over for the present these pro fatory remarks, and to proceed at once to the Volume, of which a large part has been drawn up so as to suppose less of previous and technical preparation than some of the paragraphs of this Preface. Indeed, great pains have been taken to render the early Lectures as elementary as the subject would allow and it is hoped that they will be found perfectly and even easily intelligible by persons of moderate scientific attainments. It is true that some of the subsequent por tions of the Course (especially parts of the concluding Lecture) may possibly appear dificult. From the novel nature of the calculations employed: but perhaps on that very account those later portions may repay the attention of more ad vanced mathematical students. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
