William Rowan Hamilton is more numerically stable than combining many matrix transformations. In control and modelling applications, quaternions do not have a computational singularity (undefined division by zero) that can occur for quarter-turn rotations (90 degrees) that are achievable by many Air, Sea and Space vehicles. In pure mathematics, quaternions show up significantly as one of the four finite-dimensional normed division algebras over the real numbers, with applications throughout algebra and geometry. It is believed by some modern mathematicians that Hamilton's work on quaternions was satirized by Charles Lutwidge Dodgson in Alice in Wonderland. In particular, the Mad Hatter's tea party was meant
Charles Webb (author) existence of the book has not been confirmed. Charles Webb (author) Charles Richard Webb (born June 9, 1939) is the author of several novels, and is mainly known for his most famous work, "The Graduate" (1963), which was made into a film of the same name (1967). Webb was born in San Francisco, California. He grew up in affluent Pasadena, California. He attended Chandler School, Midland School in Los Olivos, California, and graduated from Williams College in 1961. He declined an inheritance from his father, a wealthy doctor. Webb lived for several years in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York. As of 2006,