Are there any museums or sites in Ireland honouring William Rowan Hamilton?
I'm travelling to the Republic of Ireland (via the UK) from Australia and wanted to visit a number of sites of scientific history.
One at the top of my list is William Rowan Hamilton. I'm aware there is a walk - where you can visit the spot where he thought of quaternions.
But can you visit his house, or his office, or a museum.
My question is: Are there any museums or sites in Ireland honouring William Rowan Hamilton?
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In the National University of Ireland in Galway, in the Aras de Brun building, you may find this stone panel:
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What did William Hamilton invent?
quaternion, in algebra, a generalization of two-dimensional complex numbers to three dimensions. Quaternions and rules for operations on them were invented by Irish mathematician Sir William Rowan Hamilton in 1843.Who is William Hamilton?
Sir William Hamilton, (born Dec. 13, 1730, Scotland\u2014died April 6, 1803, London, Eng.), British diplomat and archaeologist who was the husband of Emma, Lady Hamilton, the mistress of Admiral Horatio Nelson. Hamilton was the son of Lord Archibald Hamilton, governor of Jamaica.Who discovered Hamiltonian mechanics?
This method of formulating mechanics (Hamiltonian mechanics) was first introduced by Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805\u201365). The Hamiltonian operator is used in quantum mechanics in the Schr\xf6dinger equation.Sources: Stack Exchange - This article follows the attribution requirements of Stack Exchange and is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.
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