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130; In mathematics, quaternions are a non-commutative extension of complex numbers. They were first described by the Irish mathematician [[ATD-H#hamilton|Sir William Rowan Hamilton]] in 1843 and applied to mechanics in three-dimensional space. At first, quaternions were regarded as pathological, because they disobeyed the commutative law ab = ba. Although they have been superseded in most applications by vectors, they still find uses in both theoretical and applied mathematics, in particular for calculations involving three-dimensional rotations; 131; 156; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternion Wikipedia entry]
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130; In mathematics, quaternions are a non-commutative extension of complex numbers. They were first described by the Irish mathematician [[ATD-H#hamilton|Sir William Rowan Hamilton]] in 1843 and applied to mechanics in three-dimensional space. At first, quaternions were regarded as pathological, because they disobeyed the commutative law ab = ba. Although they have been superseded in most applications by vectors, they still find uses in both theoretical and applied mathematics, in particular for calculations involving three-dimensional rotations; 131; 156; [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quaternion Wikipedia entry]; [http://www.cheniere.org/techpapers/Precursor%20Engineering1.htm Excellent Article from Tom Bearden's Website]; [http://www.cheniere.org/books/aids/ch4.htm It wasn't really much of a debate! The vectorists simply steamrolled right over the remaining quaternionists, sweeping all opposition before them.]
  
 
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Quaternions

130; In mathematics, quaternions are a non-commutative extension of complex numbers. They were first described by the Irish mathematician Sir William Rowan Hamilton in 1843 and applied to mechanics in three-dimensional space. At first, quaternions were regarded as pathological, because they disobeyed the commutative law ab = ba. Although they have been superseded in most applications by vectors, they still find uses in both theoretical and applied mathematics, in particular for calculations involving three-dimensional rotations; 131; 156; Wikipedia entry; Excellent Article from Tom Bearden's Website; It wasn't really much of a debate! The vectorists simply steamrolled right over the remaining quaternionists, sweeping all opposition before them.

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