The Relations of Surfaces to their Normals

By William R. Hamilton

Hamilton published a short article entitled

On a New Method of investigating the relations of Surfaces to their Normals, with results respecting the Curvatures of Ellipsoids.
which appeared in the Dublin University Review, volume 1 (1833), pp. 583-584.

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Hamilton outlines a method for applying the method of the characteristic function which formed the basis of his optical researches in order to prove results concerning the differential geometry of surfaces.


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D.R. Wilkins
(dwilkins@maths.tcd.ie)
School of Mathematics
Trinity College, Dublin