 | Jeremiah Day - 1815 - 388 σελίδες
...maximum. When a quantity is less than any other of the same class, k isi called a minimum. Thus, of all straight lines drawn from a given point to a given straight line, that which is perSendicular to the given line is a minimum. Of all straight nes drawn from a given... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - 1819 - 574 σελίδες
...drawn from one point of the circumference to another, and a perpendicular is a minimum among all the straight lines drawn from a given point to a given straight line. 299. Those figures which have equal perimeters are called isoperimetrical figures. THEOREM. 300. Among... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre, John Farrar - 1825 - 280 σελίδες
...drawn from one point of the circumference to another, and a perpendicular is a minimum among all the straight lines drawn from a given point to a given straight line. 299. Those figures which have equal perimeters are called isoperimetrical figures. THEOREM. 300. Among... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre, John Farrar - 1825 - 294 σελίδες
...drawn from one point of the circumference to another, and a perpendicular is a minimum among all the straight lines drawn from a given point to a given straight line. 299. Those figures which have equal perimeters are called isoperimetrical figures. .». THEOREM. /... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - 1831 - 418 σελίδες
...maximum. When a quantity is less than any other of the same class, it is called a minimum. Thus, of all straight lines drawn from a given point to a given straight line, that which is perpendicular to the given line is a minimum. Of all straight lines drawn from a given... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - 1831 - 394 σελίδες
...maximum. When a quantity is less than any other of the same class, it is called a minimum. Thus, of all straight lines drawn from a given point to a given straight line, that which is perpendicular to the given line is a minimum. Of all straight lines drawn from a given... | |
 | Benjamin Peirce - 1837 - 216 σελίδες
...circle is a maximum among ail inscribed straight lines ; and a perpendicular is a minimum among all the straight lines drawn from a given point to a given straight line. 302. Theorem. The maximum of isoperimetrical triangles of the same base is that triangle in which the... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - 1838 - 416 σελίδες
...maximum. When a quantity is less than any other of the same class, it is called a minimum. Thus, of all straight lines drawn from a given point to a given straight line, that which is perpendicular to the given line is a minimum. Of all straight lines drawn from a given... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - 1839 - 434 σελίδες
...maximum. When a quantity is less than any other of the same class, it is called a minimum. Thus, of all straight lines drawn from a given point to a given straight line, that which is perEendicular to the given line is a minimum. Of all straight nes drawn from a given... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - 1841 - 288 σελίδες
...drawn from one point of the circumference to another, and a perpendicular is a minimum among all the straight lines drawn from a given point to a given straight line. 299. Those figures which have equal perimeters are called isoperimetrical figures. THEOREM. 300. Among... | |
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Thus, of all straight lines drawn from a given point to a given straight line, that which is perpendicular to the given line is a minimum. 
