quaternion

Summary

quaternion ranks in the top 0.39% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,251 views/month, #304 of 77,819).^[1]

Key Facts

• quaternion is credited with the discovery of William Rowan Hamilton^[2].
• quaternion followed complex number^[3].
• quaternion was followed by octonion^[4].
• quaternion is a type of hypercomplex number^[5].
• quaternion is a type of tetrad^[6].
• quaternion is a type of ordered pair^[7].
• quaternion is a type of octonion^[8].
• quaternion is part of algebra of real quaternions^[9].
• quaternion's Commons category is recorded as Quaternions^[10].
• quaternion comprises real number^[11].
• 1843 marks the founding of quaternion^[12].
• quaternion's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1843^[13].
• quaternion's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Quaternions^[14].
• quaternion's described at URL is recorded as http://www.treccani.it/enciclopedia/quaternione_%28Dizionario-delle-Scienze-Fisiche%29/^[15].
• quaternion's described at URL is recorded as https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-strange-numbers-that-birthed-modern-algebra?utm_source=pocket-newtab-global-en-GB^[16].
• quaternion's described by source is recorded as Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)^[17].
• quaternion's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition^[18].
• quaternion's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary^[19].
• quaternion's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://mathoverflow.net/tags/quaternions^[20].
• quaternion's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://math.stackexchange.com/tags/quaternions^[21].
• quaternion's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stackoverflow.com/tags/quaternions^[22].
• quaternion's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/tags/quaternion^[23].
• quaternion's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://computergraphics.stackexchange.com/tags/quaternions^[24].
• quaternion's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://space.stackexchange.com/tags/quaternion^[25].
• quaternion's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://hsm.stackexchange.com/tags/quaternions^[26].

Body

Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include hypercomplex number^[5], tetrad^[6], ordered pair^[7], and octonion^[8].

Origins

1843 marks the founding of quaternion^[12].

Use and Application

quaternion comprises real number^[11]. quaternion is part of algebra of real quaternions^[9].

Why It Matters

quaternion ranks in the top 0.39% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,251 views/month, #304 of 77,819).^[1] quaternion has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[27] quaternion is known by 60 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[28]