Title: The Origin and Development of Our Present Method of Extracting the Square and Cube Roots of Numbers
Abstract:Our present method of extracting the square and cube roots of numbers by the orderly evolving of digits (Evolution) is based on two considerations: (1) the inversion of the binomial formulas ( a + b )...Our present method of extracting the square and cube roots of numbers by the orderly evolving of digits (Evolution) is based on two considerations: (1) the inversion of the binomial formulas ( a + b ) 2 = a 2 + 2 ab + b 2 and ( a + b ) 3 = a 3 + 3 a 2 b + 3 ab 2 + b 3 ; and (2) the place value of the digits in the Hindu-Arabic system of notation. The two principal devices for making an effective technique of evolution are: (1) the separation of the radicand into periods of two or three figures each; and (2) the employment of a methodical schema or setting-up of the work so as to facilitate the operations and show the stage of progress.Read More
Publication Year: 1924
Publication Date: 1924-04-01
Language: en
Type: article
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