Mathematical Dictionary and Cyclopedia of Mathematical Science: Comprising Definitions of All the Terms Employed in Mathematics - an Analysis of Each Branch, and of the Whole, as Forming a Single Science |
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... roots of the equation with their signs changed . Hence , if the absolute term of an equation is 0. one or more of the roots of the equation must be equal to 0 . ABSTRACT QUANTITY , is one which does not involve the idea of matter , but ...
... roots of the equation with their signs changed . Hence , if the absolute term of an equation is 0. one or more of the roots of the equation must be equal to 0 . ABSTRACT QUANTITY , is one which does not involve the idea of matter , but ...
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... Division , raising quantity is one that is to be added , in contra- to powers denoted by constant exponents and extraction of roots indicated by constant | troduction of A FF ] 11 CYCLOPEDIA OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE .
... Division , raising quantity is one that is to be added , in contra- to powers denoted by constant exponents and extraction of roots indicated by constant | troduction of A FF ] 11 CYCLOPEDIA OF MATHEMATICAL SCIENCE .
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... roots indicated by constant | troduction of a concise system of notation , indices ; it also includes the discussion of the the foundation of which was laid by a Ger nature and properties of all equations in man named Stifel , or ...
... roots indicated by constant | troduction of a concise system of notation , indices ; it also includes the discussion of the the foundation of which was laid by a Ger nature and properties of all equations in man named Stifel , or ...
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... root of a2 is a ; or , in other words , there are two quantities , + a and -a , whose second powers are equal to a2 . Generally , if an even root The formula for computation given by of any quantity is to be extracted , two real Bégat ...
... root of a2 is a ; or , in other words , there are two quantities , + a and -a , whose second powers are equal to a2 . Generally , if an even root The formula for computation given by of any quantity is to be extracted , two real Bégat ...
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... root of the difference of the squares of the two quantities will exactly in which e is the correction , d the distance 6. When both quantities are irrational , and the greater is not exactly divisible by the square root of the ...
... root of the difference of the squares of the two quantities will exactly in which e is the correction , d the distance 6. When both quantities are irrational , and the greater is not exactly divisible by the square root of the ...
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Page 279 - A Circle is a plane figure bounded by a curved line every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 281 - If two triangles have the three sides of the one equal to the three sides of the other, each to each, the triangles are congruent.
Page 26 - The circumference of every circle is supposed to be divided into 360 equal parts, called degrees ; each degree into 60 equal parts, called minutes ; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds.
Page 534 - Multiply the divisor, thus augmented, by the last figure of the root, and subtract the product from the dividend, and to the remainder bring down the next period for a new dividend.
Page 527 - A sphere is a solid bounded by a curved surface, every point of which is equally distant from a point within called the center.
Page 472 - Three lines are in harmonical proportion, when the first is to the third, as the difference between the first and second, is to the difference between the second and third ; and the second is called a harmonic mean between the first and third. The expression 'harmonical proportion...
Page 86 - Then multiply the second and third terms together, and divide the product by the first term: the quotient will be the fourth term, or answer.
Page 419 - If one angle of a parallelogram is a right angle, all the other angles are right angles, and the figure is a rectangle.
Page 281 - If two triangles have two sides, and the included angle of the one equal to two sides and the included angle of the other, they are equal in all their parts.