Srimathy Srinivasan
TIFR
July 7, 2022
"Well, Papa, Can you multiply triplets?": The search for hypercomplex numbers in the 19th century led to the discovery of quaternions. We will briefly run through the history which led to this discovery and its impact on mathematics since then. I will also show some applications and generalizations.
TIFR
July 7, 2022
"Well, Papa, Can you multiply triplets?": The search for hypercomplex numbers in the 19th century led to the discovery of quaternions. We will briefly run through the history which led to this discovery and its impact on mathematics since then. I will also show some applications and generalizations.