RULES FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE MIND DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD MEDITATIONS ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY OBJECTIONS AGAINST THE MEDITATIONS AND REPLIES THE GEOMETRY1952 |
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... term by term, thus : Since the first term, y2, is the same in each, the second term, - — - , of the first is equal to — 2ey, the second r term of the second; whence, solving for v, or PA, we have v = e -- e+^r; r or, since we have ...
... term by term, thus : Since the first term, y2, is the same in each, the second term, - — - , of the first is equal to — 2ey, the second r term of the second; whence, solving for v, or PA, we have v = e -- e+^r; r or, since we have ...
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... terms; and further, the known quantity of the third term will be greater than the square of half that of the second term. This can be done even when the false roots are unknown, since approximate values can always be obtained for them ...
... terms; and further, the known quantity of the third term will be greater than the square of half that of the second term. This can be done even when the false roots are unknown, since approximate values can always be obtained for them ...
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... term by the given quantity, that in the third term by the square of the given quantity, -that in the fourth term by its cube, and so on, to the end. This device is useful in changing fractional terms of an equation to whole numbers, and ...
... term by the given quantity, that in the third term by the square of the given quantity, -that in the fourth term by its cube, and so on, to the end. This device is useful in changing fractional terms of an equation to whole numbers, and ...
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Discourse on the Method | 41 |
Of the Things which may be brought within | 75 |
that He exists | 81 |
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