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Hamilton, William Rowan (1805 - 1865)


 
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Sir William Rowan Hamilton was an Irish physicist, astronomer, and mathematician, who made important contributions to classical mechanics, optics, and algebra. His studies of mechanical and optical systems led him to discover new mathematical concepts and techniques. His greatest contribution is perhaps the reformulation of Newtonian mechanics, now called Hamiltonian mechanics. This work has proven central to the modern study of classical field theories such as electromagnetism, and to the development of quantum mechanics. In mathematics, he is perhaps best known as the inventor of.
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* 04.08.1805 Dublin born
1823 - ? Dublin
1827 Professur für Astronomie
1832 he publishes “Theory of Systems of Rays”
1834 - 1835 he publishes “On a General Method in Dynamics”
† 02.09.1865 Dunsink (bei Dublin) died
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Industrial Revolution, ca. 1780-1850
Industrialisation, ca. 1850-1920
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