A Treatise on Algebra, in Practice and Theory: With Notes and Illustrations; Containing a Variety of Particulars Relating to the Discoveries and Improvements that Have Been Made in this Branch of Analysis, Τόμος 1J. Johnson, 1813 - 428 σελίδες |
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Σελίδα xv
... operations in words at length , without using any contractions , except the letter R for root , or radicality ; so that the only remarkable things in this treatise are the discovery of the rules for the solution of cubic equations , and ...
... operations in words at length , without using any contractions , except the letter R for root , or radicality ; so that the only remarkable things in this treatise are the discovery of the rules for the solution of cubic equations , and ...
Σελίδα xxi
... operations in separate steps , or lines , setting the explanations in the mar- gin , on the left hand , for each line ; by which , and other means , he may be considered as having given the science that form which it has ever since >> 1 ...
... operations in separate steps , or lines , setting the explanations in the mar- gin , on the left hand , for each line ; by which , and other means , he may be considered as having given the science that form which it has ever since >> 1 ...
Σελίδα xxii
... operation , the nature and number of their roots , with the composition and relations of the coefficients of the several terms ; from which , though not so strict a method of investigation as the subject requires , many of the most ...
... operation , the nature and number of their roots , with the composition and relations of the coefficients of the several terms ; from which , though not so strict a method of investigation as the subject requires , many of the most ...
Σελίδα xxiii
... operations ; and in the notation of powers , he does not repeat the letters , like Har- riot , but denotes them by their numeral exponents , as Descartes did three years afterwards . But no work , perhaps , has contributed more to the ...
... operations ; and in the notation of powers , he does not repeat the letters , like Har- riot , but denotes them by their numeral exponents , as Descartes did three years afterwards . But no work , perhaps , has contributed more to the ...
Σελίδα xxvii
... operations of the science are greatly facilitated and abridged ( 0 ) . geometry and the modern analysis , together with the very in- teresting correspondence that passed between him and Mar- senne , Pascal , Roberval and others ...
... operations of the science are greatly facilitated and abridged ( 0 ) . geometry and the modern analysis , together with the very in- teresting correspondence that passed between him and Mar- senne , Pascal , Roberval and others ...
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Σελίδα 39 - Now .} of f- is a compound fraction, whose value is found by multiplying the numerators together for a new numerator, and the denominators for a new denominator.
Σελίδα 23 - Divide the first term of the dividend by the first term of the divisor, and write the result as the first term of the quotient. Multiply the whole divisor by the first term of the quotient, and subtract the product from the dividend.
Σελίδα 123 - To divide the number 90 into four such parts, that if the first be increased by 2, the second diminished by 2, the third multiplied...
Σελίδα 137 - It is required to divide the number 24 into two such parts, that their product may be equal to 35 times their difference. Ans. 10 and 14.
Σελίδα 3 - Q/~\—C = equal to, the sign of equality; signifying that the quantities between which it is placed are equal to each other. Thus...
Σελίδα 119 - A person bought a chaise, horse, and harness for 60?.; the horse came to twice the price of the harness, and the chaise to twice the price of the horse and harness ; what did he give for each ? Ans. 13/.
Σελίδα 33 - To reduce a mixed number to an improper fraction, Multiply the whole number by the denominator of the fraction, and to the product add the numerator; under this sum write the denominator.
Σελίδα 360 - N .•. def. (2), x— x1 is the logarithm of that is to say, The logarithm of a fraction, or of the quotient of two numbers, is equal to the logarithm of the numerator minus the logarithm of the denominator. III. Raise both members of equation (1) to the power of n. N" =a
Σελίδα 123 - If A and B together can perform a piece of work in 8 days, A and C together in 9 days, and B and C in 10 days : how many days would it take each person to perform the same work alone ? Ans.
Σελίδα 49 - ... 2. Subtract the square of the root, thus found from the first term, and bring down the two next terms to the remainder for a dividend.