Did Heaviside develop vector calculus?
Yes, independently
No
Yes, but he had assistance
He refined it, but did not develop it
Answer
Oliver Heaviside developed vector calculus independently of Gibbs and Hamilton in 1883. His formulation was similar to Hamilton's, but he used different notation and terminology. Heaviside's vector calculus was adopted by physicists and engineers, and it is still used today.
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Heaviside rewrote whose equations?
What were these equations related to?
Heaviside significantly altered the understanding and application of Maxwell's equations following whose death?
Heaviside's formulation of which equations became academically and commercially important during his lifetime?
Why did few others realize the significance of the telegrapher's equations at first?
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