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In 1872 [[wikipedia:Felix Klein|Felix Klein]] proposed that the way to study an object is to investigate all its [[wikipedia:automorphism|automorphism]]s, which he called [[symmetry|symmetries]]. | In 1872 [[wikipedia:Felix Klein|Felix Klein]] proposed that the way to study an object is to investigate all its [[wikipedia:automorphism|automorphism]]s, which he called [[symmetry|symmetries]]. | ||
Sir William Hamilton also had a paper this topic<ref>{{Cite journal | |||
|title=Memorandum respecting a new System of Roots of Unity | |||
|author=Sir William Rowan Hamilton | |||
|author-link=William Rowan Hamilton | |||
|url=http://www.maths.tcd.ie/pub/HistMath/People/Hamilton/Icosian/NewSys.pdf | |||
|journal=[[Philosophical Magazine]] | |||
|volume=12 | |||
|year=1856 | |||
|pages=446 | |||
}}</ref>. | |||
[[Category:Category Theory]] | [[Category:Category Theory]] | ||
</noinclude> | </noinclude> | ||
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Lawvere, William; Schanuel, Stephen (January 8, 2009). Conceptual Mathematics_A First Introduction to Categories (2nd ed.). local page: Cambridge University Press. p. 180. ISBN 978-0521719162.
In 1872 Felix Klein proposed that the way to study an object is to investigate all its automorphisms, which he called symmetries.
Sir William Hamilton also had a paper this topic[1].
- ↑ Sir William Rowan Hamilton (1856). "Memorandum respecting a new System of Roots of Unity" (PDF). Philosophical Magazine. 12: 446.