OUTLINES OF QUATERNIONS

THE

OUTLINES OF QUATERNIONS

BY

LIEUT.-COLONEL H. W. L. HIME
(LATE) ROYAL ARTILLERY

LONDON

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

AND NEW YORK: 15 EAST 16th STREET

1894

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1°. Definition of a vector

2°. A vector implies an operation of transference.

3°. Actual and null vectors

4°. A vector implicitly involves three numbers

5°. Distinction between a vector and a radius vector

6°. Opposite, coinitial, successive, coplanar, and diplanar vectors

SECTION 2

Equality and Inequality of Vectors

7°. Definition of equal vectors

8°. Example of equal vectors

9°. All equal vectors are denoted by the same symbol

SECTION 3

Subtraction and Addition of Two Vectors

10°. Definition of the difference of any two vectors

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