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The Hamiltonian operator of vector calculus
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Coin Details
| Origin/Country: |
IRELAND - REPUBLIC Europe |
| Design Description: |
Hamilton, Nabla symbol from vector differential calculus |
| Item Description: |
Ag .925, 28.28 g. S10E 2005 William Rowan Hamilton 200th Anniv. of Birth KM# 44 |
| Full Grade: |
NGC PF 69 ULTRA CAMEO |
| Owner: |
JKMulcahey |
Owner Comments:
From Ireland, a 2005 10 Euro coin honors Sir William Rowan Hamilton and his Hamilton mathematical operator, ∇, also called nabla, a symbolic first-order differential operator, used for the notation of one of the principal differential operations of vector analysis.