A Course of Mathematics: In Two Volumes. For the Use of the Royal Military Academy, Volume 1Gilberte and Rivington, 1841 - Mathematics |
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Page iv
... methods by actual working , have been generally exchanged for others better adapted to show the true character of the operations . In the quadratics , the Hindû method of completing the square is enforced , as being generally superior ...
... methods by actual working , have been generally exchanged for others better adapted to show the true character of the operations . In the quadratics , the Hindû method of completing the square is enforced , as being generally superior ...
Page v
... method less operose and practically embarrassing than is yet known , shall be discovered , of forming his successive auxiliary functions subsequent to the first deri- vative . Should such a method , in any way analogous to Horner's ...
... method less operose and practically embarrassing than is yet known , shall be discovered , of forming his successive auxiliary functions subsequent to the first deri- vative . Should such a method , in any way analogous to Horner's ...
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... Method , is the art or mode of finding out the truth of a proposition , by first supposing the thing to be done , and then reason- ing back , step by step , till we arrive at some known truth . This is also called the Method of ...
... Method , is the art or mode of finding out the truth of a proposition , by first supposing the thing to be done , and then reason- ing back , step by step , till we arrive at some known truth . This is also called the Method of ...
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... method of practice , in which light it is an art . As a science , its objects are the properties and relations of numbers under any assigned hypothesis respecting their mutual relations or methods of com- parison and combination . As an ...
... method of practice , in which light it is an art . As a science , its objects are the properties and relations of numbers under any assigned hypothesis respecting their mutual relations or methods of com- parison and combination . As an ...
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... Method . - Begin at the top , and add together all the rows of numbers downwards , in the same 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 ...
... Method . - Begin at the top , and add together all the rows of numbers downwards , in the same 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 ...
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ABCD algebraic altitude arithmetical arithmetical progression base bisect breadth centre chord circle circumference coefficients common cone cosec cube root decimal denominator denoted diagonal diameter difference dihedral angle distance divided divisor draw drawn equal equation equiangular EXAMPLES expression figure fraction frustum geometrical given line greater hence inscribed integer intersection join length less lineation logarithms mantissa measure meeting method multiplied parallel parallel ruler parallelogram perpendicular plane polygon prism PROBLEM proportional quantity quotient radii radius ratio rectangle Reduce right angles rule Scholium segment sides sine solid angle solution square root straight line subtraction tangent THEOREM third trapezium triangle ABC u₁ vulgar fraction Whence