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It is proved in the corollaries that a polygon of an infinite number of sides becomes a circle , and this principle is made the basis of several important demonstrations in Book VIII . Book II . , on Ratios and Proportions , has been ...
It is proved in the corollaries that a polygon of an infinite number of sides becomes a circle , and this principle is made the basis of several important demonstrations in Book VIII . Book II . , on Ratios and Proportions , has been ...
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A theorem is a truth , which becomes evident by means of a train of reasoning called a demonstration . A problem is a question proposed , which requires a solution . A lemma is a subsidiary truth , employed for the demonstration of a ...
A theorem is a truth , which becomes evident by means of a train of reasoning called a demonstration . A problem is a question proposed , which requires a solution . A lemma is a subsidiary truth , employed for the demonstration of a ...
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pose , however , that on being produced , these lines begin to separate at C , the one becoming CD , the other CE . From the point C draw the line CF , making with AC the right angle ACF . Now , since ACD is a straight line , the angle ...
pose , however , that on being produced , these lines begin to separate at C , the one becoming CD , the other CE . From the point C draw the line CF , making with AC the right angle ACF . Now , since ACD is a straight line , the angle ...
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... becomes absolute : the number 30 , for instance , by which the rectangle A was measured , now represents 30 superficial units , or 30 of those squares , which have each of their sides equal to unity , as the diagram exhibits .
... becomes absolute : the number 30 , for instance , by which the rectangle A was measured , now represents 30 superficial units , or 30 of those squares , which have each of their sides equal to unity , as the diagram exhibits .
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If the line AC were divided into two equal parts , the two rectangles EI , IC , would become squares , and the square described on the whole line would be equivalent to four times the square described on half the line . Scholium .
If the line AC were divided into two equal parts , the two rectangles EI , IC , would become squares , and the square described on the whole line would be equivalent to four times the square described on half the line . Scholium .
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ABCD adjacent altitude base become Book called centre chord circle circumference circumscribed common cone consequently contained Cosine Cotang cylinder described determine diameter difference distance divided draw drawn equal equations equivalent expressed extremities faces feet figure follows formed four frustum give given gles greater half hence homologous hypothenuse included inscribed intersection less let fall logarithm manner means measured meet middle multiplied number of sides opposite parallel parallelogram pass perpendicular plane polygon prism PROBLEM Prop proportional PROPOSITION pyramid quadrant quantities radii radius ratio reason rectangle regular remaining right angles Scholium segment sides similar Sine solid solid angle sphere spherical triangle square straight line suppose taken Tang tangent THEOREM third triangle triangle ABC unit vertex whole
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| Title | Elements of Geometry and Trigonometry DAVIES' COURSE OF MATHEMATICS |
| Author | Adrien Marie Legendre |
| Editor | Charles Davies |
| Translated by | David Brewster |
| Publisher | A.S. Barnes and Company, 1839 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 14 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 359 pages |
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