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... rotation , § 8. Curious specula- tion of Servois , § 11 . Elementary geometrical ideas connected with relative position , § 15. De- finition of a VECTOR . It may be employed to denote translation , § 16 . Expression of a vector by one ...
... rotation , § 8. Curious specula- tion of Servois , § 11 . Elementary geometrical ideas connected with relative position , § 15. De- finition of a VECTOR . It may be employed to denote translation , § 16 . Expression of a vector by one ...
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... rotation ( opposite to that of the hands of a watch ) , they give - 1 , √1 , −1 , −√1 . - In this series each ... rotate ( positively ) about the origin through an angle of 90 ° . 5. In such a system , a point is defined by a single ...
... rotation ( opposite to that of the hands of a watch ) , they give - 1 , √1 , −1 , −√1 . - In this series each ... rotate ( positively ) about the origin through an angle of 90 ° . 5. In such a system , a point is defined by a single ...
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... rotations in the same direction , each through the angle a ; the second , a single rotation through the angle ma . 9. It may be interesting , at this stage , to anticipate so far as to state that a Quaternion can , in general , be put ...
... rotations in the same direction , each through the angle a ; the second , a single rotation through the angle ma . 9. It may be interesting , at this stage , to anticipate so far as to state that a Quaternion can , in general , be put ...
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... rotation , without altering its length , deduce the ordinary formulæ for cos ( A + B ) , cos ( 4 - B ) , sin ( A + B ) , and sin ( A - B ) , in terms of sines and cosines of A and B. 8. If two tangents be drawn to a hyperbola , the line ...
... rotation , without altering its length , deduce the ordinary formulæ for cos ( A + B ) , cos ( 4 - B ) , sin ( A + B ) , and sin ( A - B ) , in terms of sines and cosines of A and B. 8. If two tangents be drawn to a hyperbola , the line ...
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... rotation takes place , and one angle for the amount of this rotation . Thus it appears that the ratio of two vectors , or the multiplier required to change one vector into another , in general depends upon four distinct numbers , whence ...
... rotation takes place , and one angle for the amount of this rotation . Thus it appears that the ratio of two vectors , or the multiplier required to change one vector into another , in general depends upon four distinct numbers , whence ...
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a₁ axis B₁ Cartesian centre Chapter circle commutative law cone conjugate constant cöordinates coplanar curve diameters differential direction drawn easily ellipsoid envelop equal evidently expression extremity Find the equation Find the locus formula geometry given equation given lines given vectors gives Hamilton Hence hyperbola indeterminate intersection inverse function LAOB last section length linear and vector m₁ multiply obviously origin osculating plane P₁ parabola parallel perpendicular properties prove quaternion radius rectangular represented right angles rotation S.aßy Saß scalar scalar equations second order self-conjugate sides solution Spdp sphere spherical conic Spopp straight line student surface surface of revolution tangent plane Taylor's Theorem tensor theorem three vectors triangle unit-vector Vaß vector function vector perpendicular versor written Γλμ φρ
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Page 153 - Find the locus of a point the ratio of whose distances from two given points is constant. Let the given points be 0 and A, the extremities of the vector a.
Page 149 - Find the equation of the locus of a point the sum of the squares of whose distances from a number of given planes is constant. 11. Substitute " lines" for "planes
Page 217 - Differentiation of the equations gives us 3p + q+l equations, linear and homogeneous in the 3m + n differentials of the scalar parameters, so that by the elimination of these we have one final scalar equation in the first case, two in the second ; and thus in each case we have just equations enough to eliminate all the arbitrary parameters.
Page 14 - The bisectors of the sides of a triangle meet in a point, which trisects each of them.
Page 195 - Find the equation of the locus of a point the square of whose distance from a given line is proportional to its distance from a given plane.
Page 50 - It is curious to compare the properties of these quaternion symbols with those of the Elective Symbols of Logic, as given in BOOLE'S wonderful treatise on the Laws of Thought ; and to think that the same grand science of mathematical analysis, by processes remarkably similar to each other, reveals to us truths in the science of position far beyond the powers of the geometer, and truths of deductive reasoning to which unaided thought could never have led the logician.