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Elements of algebra : including Sturms' theorem

Print Book, English, 1845, ©1844
A.S. Barnes, New York, 1845, ©1844
368 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Preliminary definitions and remarks
Of addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
Algebraic fractions
Equations of the first degree
Extraction of the square root of numbers.-Formation of the square and extraction of the square root of algebraic quantities
Equations of the second degree
Of proportions and progressions
Geometrical proportion
Formation of powers, and extraction of roots of any degree whatever.-Calculus of radicals.-Indeterminate co-efficients
Continued fractions.-Exponential quantities.-Logarithms.-Formulas for interest
General theory of equations
Resolution of numerical equations.-Sturms' theorem