An Introduction to Algebra: Being the First Part of a Course of Mathematics, Adapted to the Method of Instruction in the American CollegesHowe & Deforest, 1814 - 303 páginas |
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... letters . FLUXIONS may be considered as belong- ing to the higher branches of algebra . 5. GEOMETRY is that part of the mathematics , which treats of magnitude . By magnitude , in the appropri- ate sense of the term , is meant that ...
... letters . FLUXIONS may be considered as belong- ing to the higher branches of algebra . 5. GEOMETRY is that part of the mathematics , which treats of magnitude . By magnitude , in the appropri- ate sense of the term , is meant that ...
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... letters or of business may be called to employ his talents . " The youth , " says Plato , " who are furnished with mathematical knowledge , are prompt and quick , at all other sciences . " It is not pretended , that an attention to ...
... letters or of business may be called to employ his talents . " The youth , " says Plato , " who are furnished with mathematical knowledge , are prompt and quick , at all other sciences . " It is not pretended , that an attention to ...
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... letters . This , it must be ac- knowledged , is an imperfect account of the subject ; as every account must necessarily be , which is com- prised in the compass of a definition . Its real nature is to be learned , rather by an attentive ...
... letters . This , it must be ac- knowledged , is an imperfect account of the subject ; as every account must necessarily be , which is com- prised in the compass of a definition . Its real nature is to be learned , rather by an attentive ...
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... letter may be put for any other number . A calculation may be greatly abridged by the use of letters ; especially when very large numbers are concerned . And when several such numbers are to be combined , as in multiplication , the ...
... letter may be put for any other number . A calculation may be greatly abridged by the use of letters ; especially when very large numbers are concerned . And when several such numbers are to be combined , as in multiplication , the ...
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... letters . The first letters of the alphabet are used , to represent known quantities ; and the last letters , those which are amknown . Thus 6 may be put for a known , and y , for b n unknown quantity . Sometimes the quantities , in ...
... letters . The first letters of the alphabet are used , to represent known quantities ; and the last letters , those which are amknown . Thus 6 may be put for a known , and y , for b n unknown quantity . Sometimes the quantities , in ...
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Página 214 - In an arithmetical progression, the sum of the extremes is equal to the sum of any other two terms equally distant from the extremes.
Página 188 - Conversely, if the product of two quantities is equal to the product of two other quantities, the first two may be made the extremes, and the other two the means of a proportion.
Página 265 - The operation consists in repeating the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier.
Página 227 - 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.
Página 189 - If four quantities are proportional, THE ORDER OF THE MEANS, OR OF THE EXTREMES, OR OF THE TERMS OF BOTH COUPLETS, MAY BE INVERTED, WITHOUT DESTROYING THE PROPORTION.
Página 40 - We have seen that multiplying by a whole number, is taking the multiplicand as many times as there are units in the multiplier.
Página 85 - If four magnitudes are in proportion, the product of the two extremes is equal to the product of the two means.
Página 187 - When there is a series of quantities, such that the ratios of the first to the second, of the second to the third, of the third to the fourth, &c., are all equal ; the quantities are said to be in continued proportion.
Página 60 - The Value of a fraction is the quotient of the numerator divided by the denominator.
Página 61 - ... produce the same effect on the value of the fraction, as multiplying the numerator. In all cases...