The National Arithmetic on the Inductive System: Combining the Analytic and Synthetic Methods : Forming a Complete Course of Higher ArithmeticRobert S. Davis & Company, 1878 - 450 σελίδες |
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... writing , it was a natu- ral and common device to employ letters to denote what we express by our numeral figures . Accordingly we find , that , with the Hebrews and Greeks , the first letter of their respective alphabets was used for 1 ...
... writing , it was a natu- ral and common device to employ letters to denote what we express by our numeral figures . Accordingly we find , that , with the Hebrews and Greeks , the first letter of their respective alphabets was used for 1 ...
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... writer on Arithmetic mentioned in history is Nico- machus , the Pythagorean , who wrote a treatise relating chiefly to the distinctions and divisions of numbers into classes , as plain , solid , triangular , & c . He is supposed to have ...
... writer on Arithmetic mentioned in history is Nico- machus , the Pythagorean , who wrote a treatise relating chiefly to the distinctions and divisions of numbers into classes , as plain , solid , triangular , & c . He is supposed to have ...
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... writer on Algebra after the invention of printing was Lucas de Burgo , above mentioned , and he uses p for plus and m for minus , and indicates the powers by the first two letters , in which he is fol- lowed by several of his successors ...
... writer on Algebra after the invention of printing was Lucas de Burgo , above mentioned , and he uses p for plus and m for minus , and indicates the powers by the first two letters , in which he is fol- lowed by several of his successors ...
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... writing a letter denoting a less value before a let- ter denoting a greater , their difference of value is represented ; as , IV represents four ; XL , forty . A dash ( — ) placed over a letter increases the value denoted by the letter ...
... writing a letter denoting a less value before a let- ter denoting a greater , their difference of value is represented ; as , IV represents four ; XL , forty . A dash ( — ) placed over a letter increases the value denoted by the letter ...
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... Write three units of the first order . 2. Write five units of the first order . 3. Write eight units of the second order , with seven of the first . 4. Write two units of the third order , with none of the sec- ond , and one of the ...
... Write three units of the first order . 2. Write five units of the first order . 3. Write eight units of the second order , with seven of the first . 4. Write two units of the third order , with none of the sec- ond , and one of the ...
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