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A college algebra

Print Book, English, ©1904
Ginn & Co., Boston, ©1904
viii, 595 pages ; 20 cm
1010998
pt. I. Numbers. The natural numbers-counting, addition, and multiplication
Subtraction and the negative
Division and fractions
Irrational numbers
Imaginary and complex numbers
pt. II. Algebra. Preliminary considerations
The fundamental operations
Simple equations in one unknown letter
Systems of simultaneous simple equations
The division transformation
Factors of rational integral expressions
Highest common factor and lowest common multiple
Rational fractions
Symmetric functions
The binomial theorem
Evolution
Irrational functions. Radicals and fractional exponents
Quadratic equations
Discussion of the quadratic equation. Maxima and minima
Equations of higher degree which can be solved by means of quadratics
Simultaneous equations which can be solved by means of quadratics
Inequalities
Indeterminate equations of the first degree
Ratio and proportion. Variation
Arithmetical progression
Geometrical progression
Harmonical progression
Method of differences. Arithmetical progressions of higher orders. Interpolation
Logarithms
Permutations and combinations
The multinomial theorem
Probability
Mathematical induction
Theory of equations
Cubic and biquadratic equations
Determinants and elimination
Convergence of infinite series
Operations with infinite series
The binomial, exponential, and logarithmic series
Recurring series
Infinite products
Continued fractions
Properties of continuous functions
Includes index