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Algebraic Equations 71
- Their Classification 71
Algebraic Resolution of Equations 72
- Its Limits 72
- General Solution 72
- What we know in Algebra 74
Numerical Resolution of Equations 75
- Its limited Usefulness 76
Different Divisions of the two Systems 78
The Theory of Equations 79
The Method of Indeterminate Coefficients 80
Imaginary Quantities 81
Negative Quantities 81
The Principle of Homogeneity 84
CHAPTER III.
- TRANSCENDENTAL ANALYSIS: its different conceptions 88
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- Preliminary Remarks 88
- Its early History 89
- Method of Leibnitz 91
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- Infinitely small Elements 91
- Examples:
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- 1. Tangents 93
- 2. Rectification of an Arc 94
- 3. Quadrature of a Curve 95
- 4. Velocity in variable Motion 95
- 5. Distribution of Heat 96
- Generality of the Formulas 97
- Demonstration of the Method 98
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- Illustration by Tangents 102
- Method of Newton 103
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- Method of Limits 103
- Examples:
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- 1. Tangents 104
- 2. Rectifications 105
- Fluxions and Fluents 106
- Method of Lagrange 108
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