theory of equations
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of theory of equations
First recorded in 1790–1800
Example Sentences
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His works on the theory of equations and on electricity, and his papers in the Cambridge Transactions, are all of high genius.
From A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume I by Smith, David Eugene
Albert Girard, a Flemish mathematician in the seventeenth century, extended the theory of equations by the introduction of imaginary quantities.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
The author says, page I,' Until the publication of Harriot's Artis Analytica Praxis, no extended theory of equations was given.
From Thomas Hariot, the Mathematician, the Philosopher and the Scholar by Stevens, Henry
Among the most common subjects beyond those already named are differential equations, theory of equations, solid analytic geometry, and mechanics.
From College Teaching Studies in Methods of Teaching in the College by Klapper, Paul
His mathematical researches were also concerned with the theory of equations, but the question as to his priority on several points has been keenly discussed.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 6 "Foraminifera" to "Fox, Edward" by Various
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