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4. Mathematical Notes by Professor Tait - 1. On a Property of Self-Conjugate Linear and Vector Functions

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

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In the course of an investigation connected with the free rotation of a rigid body I was led to the remark that, if ξ and η be two vectors related to one another so that

where φ is a self-conjugate linear and vector function, we have also

(so that the relation is reciprocal) provided which implies also the corresponding equation

Type
Proceedings 1870-71
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1872

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