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Page vii
... Logarithms of Quantities 124 Mathematical Note 137 On the Existence of Branches of Curves in several Planes 139 On the Elementary Principles of the Application of Algebraical Symbols to Geometry 150 On the Symmetrical Form of the ...
... Logarithms of Quantities 124 Mathematical Note 137 On the Existence of Branches of Curves in several Planes 139 On the Elementary Principles of the Application of Algebraical Symbols to Geometry 150 On the Symmetrical Form of the ...
Page xviii
... Algebra , presented to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1838 , and printed in the fourteenth volume of their Transactions . I may particularly mention a paper on the curious question of the logarithms of xviii BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR.
... Algebra , presented to the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 1838 , and printed in the fourteenth volume of their Transactions . I may particularly mention a paper on the curious question of the logarithms of xviii BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR.
Page xix
... logarithms of negative quantities , a question which , it is well known , has often been discussed among mathematicians , and which even now does not appear to be entirely settled . In 1840 , Mr. Gregory was elected Fellow of Trinity ...
... logarithms of negative quantities , a question which , it is well known , has often been discussed among mathematicians , and which even now does not appear to be entirely settled . In 1840 , Mr. Gregory was elected Fellow of Trinity ...
Page 11
... logarithm . But when x and y are any thing else , the function will have a different meaning . But so long as they are distributive and com- mutative functions , the general theorems such as log ( 1 + x ) = x X + - & c . 3 being proved ...
... logarithm . But when x and y are any thing else , the function will have a different meaning . But so long as they are distributive and com- mutative functions , the general theorems such as log ( 1 + x ) = x X + - & c . 3 being proved ...
Page 123
... sufficient for removing all doubts on this head , and that it will now be regarded as a powerful instrument in the hands of mathematicians . ON THE IMPOSSIBLE LOGARITHMS OF QUANTITIES . * IN a THE DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS . 123.
... sufficient for removing all doubts on this head , and that it will now be regarded as a powerful instrument in the hands of mathematicians . ON THE IMPOSSIBLE LOGARITHMS OF QUANTITIES . * IN a THE DIFFERENTIAL CALCULUS . 123.
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