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Social. Legal/IP. Mandarin 001. Random. Space. Good advice. Exoplanets analysis. Economics. World. Forestry and land use. Water. Shipping. Math. Infosec. Irish mathematics for St. Patrick’s Day. The plaque on Brougham Bridge in Dublin, Ireland commemorating the discovery of quaternions by William Rowan Hamilton.

Irish mathematics for St. Patrick’s Day

[Credit: Geograph.org.uk ] With so many websites celebrating the science of beer on St. Patrick’s Day, I thought I’d focus on something completely different: Ireland’s greatest mathematician and one of his great discoveries. On October 16, 1843, the great Irish mathematician William Rowan Hamilton was walking along the Royal Canal in Dublin.

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Functions Explained - Mark Daggett's Blog. A Deep Dive into JavaScript Functions Based on my readership I have to assume most of you are familiar with JavaScript already.

Functions Explained - Mark Daggett's Blog

Therefore, it may seem odd to include a post on functions. U+1F0E1. Home. Values.