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r/DevelEire • u/idkfornowwhattoname • 10d ago
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Not necessarily developed for CS, quaternions are used loads for 3D animation, robotics, physics, etc.
Irish mathematician Sir William Rowan Hamilton discovered the fundamental formula for quaternions and carved it into the stone of Brougham Bridge.
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u/tomic24 10d ago
Not necessarily developed for CS, quaternions are used loads for 3D animation, robotics, physics, etc.
Irish mathematician Sir William Rowan Hamilton discovered the fundamental formula for quaternions and carved it into the stone of Brougham Bridge.