The Mathematical Papers of Sir William Rowan Hamilton: Volume 4, Geometry, Analysis, Astronomy, Probability and Finite Differences, Miscellaneous

Final part of Hamilton's Collected Papers; also contains a CD of all four volumes.

William Rowan Hamilton (Author), B. K. P. Scaife (Edited by)

9780521592161, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 7 December 2000

852 pages, 44 b/w illus.
23.7 x 32 x 4.6 cm, 3.13 kg

"The academy is to be congratulated on having completed the publication of its most famous member's mathematical works... Probably of greatest interest to potential purchasers of this volume is a CD inside the back cover that includes all four volumes... This is probably one of the last efforts to publish the collected works of an important mathematician in a beautiful hardcover edition. It is a fitting tribute to an extraordinary man and a great mathematician." Thomas L. Hankins, Isis

This fourth and final volume of The Collected Papers of Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1805–1865) contains three previously unpublished and important manuscripts, namely Systems of Rays and two lengthy letters to de Morgan (on definite integrals) and Hart (on anharmonic coordinates). In addition the volume contains reprinted papers on geometry, analysis, astronomy, probability and finite differences, as well as a collection of papers on various topics. A cumulative index for all four volumes is provided, as well as a CD containing all four volumes of the Collected Papers.

Part I. System of Rays, Part III
Part III
Part II. Letter to De Morgan, 15 February 1858, and 15 July 1858
Part III. Letter to Dr. Hart 1860
Part IV. Geometry
Part V. Analysis
Part VI. Astronomy
Part VII. Probability and Finite Differences
Part VIII. Miscellaneous.

Subject Areas: History of science [PDX], Mathematics [PB], Mathematics & science [P]