Elementary algebra, with brief notices of its history1879 |
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... coefficients are placed after the symbols which denote the powers of the unknown quantities , and the negative mark is placed over the coefficient , and not over the power of the unknown quantity ; also a known number is always placed ...
... coefficients are placed after the symbols which denote the powers of the unknown quantities , and the negative mark is placed over the coefficient , and not over the power of the unknown quantity ; also a known number is always placed ...
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... coefficient of the square , and add to each side a number equal to the original coefficient of the first power of the unknown quantity . " He also gives an example in which fractions are avoided by the appli- cation of the rule.2 ...
... coefficient of the square , and add to each side a number equal to the original coefficient of the first power of the unknown quantity . " He also gives an example in which fractions are avoided by the appli- cation of the rule.2 ...
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... coefficient in a general equation shows the sum of the roots , there- fore in the nth power of 1 + 1 , where every root is unity , the coefficient shows the different ones that can be taken in n things ; also , because the third term's ...
... coefficient in a general equation shows the sum of the roots , there- fore in the nth power of 1 + 1 , where every root is unity , the coefficient shows the different ones that can be taken in n things ; also , because the third term's ...
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... coefficients . He exhibits , by numerous examples , how a cubic equation can have only one root , positive or negative . This constitutes the special case which bears the name of Cardan's rule for the solution of a cubic equation . In ...
... coefficients . He exhibits , by numerous examples , how a cubic equation can have only one root , positive or negative . This constitutes the special case which bears the name of Cardan's rule for the solution of a cubic equation . In ...
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... coefficients to include fractions , surd numbers , and imaginary quantities . In approximating to the square root and the cube root of numbers which are not complete powers , he either continued the extraction by annexing periods of ...
... coefficients to include fractions , surd numbers , and imaginary quantities . In approximating to the square root and the cube root of numbers which are not complete powers , he either continued the extraction by annexing periods of ...
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Page 34 - ... la diversité de nos opinions ne vient pas de ce que les uns sont plus raisonnables que les autres, mais seulement de ce que nous conduisons nos pensées par diverses voies, et ne considérons pas les mêmes choses. Car ce n'est pas assez d'avoir l'esprit bon, mais le principal est de l'appliquer bien.
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Page 61 - The first of four magnitudes is said to have the same ratio to the second, which the third has to the fourth, when any...
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Page 11 - But the answer is easy; for by the ultimate velocity is meant that with which the body is moved, neither before it arrives at its last place and the motion ceases, nor after, but at the very instant it arrives; that is, that velocity with which the body arrives at its last place, and with which the motion ceases.
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Page 56 - Prove that if any number of quantities be in continued proportion, as one of the antecedents is to its consequent so is the sum of all the antecedents to the sum of all the consequents.
Page 17 - Collins, dated between the years 1669 and 1677, inclusive; and showed them to such as knew and avouched the hands of Mr. Barrow, Mr. Collins, Mr. Oldenburg, and Mr. Leibnitz ; and compared those of Mr. Gregory with one another, and with copies of some of them taken in the hand of Mr. Collins...
Page 11 - ... instant it arrives ; that is, that velocity with which the body arrives at its last place, and with which the motion ceases. " And in like manner, by the ultimate ratio of evanescent quantities...