Deflating Hyperspace

[bekah]

At 8:08 PM -0400 3/31/07, kelber at mindspring.com wrote:
>What context does this put the math and science of ATD into?  I 
>mean, when TRP talks about quaternions, Riemann space, and zeta 
>functions, is he merely name-dropping?  Calling forth the atmosphere 
>of the science and math communities of the early 20th century? 
>Calling forth the atmosphere of the popular understanding of science 
>and math of that day?  How much of the math and science does TRP 
>appear to understand from what he writes in ATD?  This is some of 
>the science and math insight those insightless of us could use help 
>with.


William Rowen Hamilton,  an Irish mathematician,  is known for his 
discovery of quaternions in 1843. see 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Rowan_Hamilton#Quaternions>

Bekah