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Elements of Algebra || A direct and general Method for finding the values of x, that will render Quantities of the form √(a+bx+cx2) Rational, and for resolving, in Rational Numbers, the indeterminate Equations of the second Degree, which have two unknown Quantities, when they admit of Solutions of this kind

✍ Scribed by Euler, Leonard


Book ID
120701424
Publisher
Springer New York
Year
1972
Tongue
English
Weight
1007 KB
Category
Article
ISBN
1461385113

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✦ Synopsis


This Is A Facsimile Reprint Of John Hewlett's 1840 Translation Of Euler's Algebra And Lagrange's Additions Thereto. Most Of Euler's Contribution Is Elementary, Nothing More Advanced Than Solving Quartic Equations, But Worth Having In Order To Appreciate His Leisurely And Effective Style--would That More Great Mathematicians Wrote So Well And To Such Pedagogic Effect. However, One Third Of The Book Is His Lucid Treatment Of Questions In Number Theory, And It Is This Material That Drew Lagrange's Comments. Here For The First Time Are The Rigorous Treatments Of Continued Fractions And Pell's.