An Elementary Treatise on Algebra: In Which the Principles of the Science Are Familiarly Explained, and Illustrated by Numerous Examples; Designed for the Use of Schools (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from An Elementary Treatise on Algebra: In Which the Principles of the Science Are Familiarly Explained, and Illustrated by Numerous Examples; Designed for the Use of Schools

The method employed, art. 17, in explaining the force of the index, was generally used by ancient authors it has been too much neglected in modern treatises. It will be found to give more precise notions respecting the exponent than can be obtained in any other way.

Throughout the first part, numerous examples have been given, sufficient, it is believed, to familiarize the student with all the methods of solution employed.

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