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William Rowan Hamilton

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Hamiltonian

The operator corresponding to the total energy of the system.

\[ H = T + V \]

Quaternion Rules

The fundamental formula for quaternion multiplication carved into Broome Bridge.

\[ i^2 = j^2 = k^2 = ijk = -1 \]

Sources: https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk/Biographies/Hamilton/

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