Geometrical Optics
Author: J. L. Synge
Publisher: CUP Archive
Published: 1937-01-02
Total Pages: 132
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIt is by no means easy for the applied mathematician to decide how much importance he should attach to the more abstract and aesthetic side of his work ... To all appearances, Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1850-1865) attached little importance to the practical applications of his method, and it was only with the publication of his Mathematical Papers that it was possible to form a more correct and balanced judgement of Hamilton as an applied mathematician.