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Page iv
... criteria of De Gua and Budan , for detecting the imaginary roots of an equation ; and as brief a form of investigating Sturm's criterion as I could devise , has also been added . Though I am as fully impressed as any one can be of ...
... criteria of De Gua and Budan , for detecting the imaginary roots of an equation ; and as brief a form of investigating Sturm's criterion as I could devise , has also been added . Though I am as fully impressed as any one can be of ...
Page v
A few theorems of great practical value are added . The chapters on the geometry of planes and solids have also , for the most part , been modified and rewritten . The practical geometry has been entirely recomposed , and in especial ...
A few theorems of great practical value are added . The chapters on the geometry of planes and solids have also , for the most part , been modified and rewritten . The practical geometry has been entirely recomposed , and in especial ...
Page vi
In the mensuration the investigations are , for the sake of continuity , classed differently , but the problems have the same order as before ; and a few easy additional examples are added , as the ...
In the mensuration the investigations are , for the sake of continuity , classed differently , but the problems have the same order as before ; and a few easy additional examples are added , as the ...
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3 cube root , & c . difference between two numbers when it is either not known , or not necessary to state , which is the greater . Thus , 5 + 3 , denotes that 3 is to be added to 5 . 6 · 2 , denotes that 2 is to be taken from 6 .
3 cube root , & c . difference between two numbers when it is either not known , or not necessary to state , which is the greater . Thus , 5 + 3 , denotes that 3 is to be added to 5 . 6 · 2 , denotes that 2 is to be taken from 6 .
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... manner as they were before added upwards ; then if the two sums agree , it may be presumed the work is right . This method of proof is only doing the same work twice over , a little varied . Second Method .
... manner as they were before added upwards ; then if the two sums agree , it may be presumed the work is right . This method of proof is only doing the same work twice over , a little varied . Second Method .
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| Title | A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. For the Use of the Royal Military Academy, Volume 1 A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. For the Use of the Royal Military Academy, Charles Hutton |
| Author | Charles Hutton |
| Edition | 12 |
| Publisher | Gilberte and Rivington, 1841 |
| Original from | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Digitized | 8 Jul 2014 |
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