American Journal Of Mathematics 1893 Vol 15 Classic Reprint

Excerpt from American Journal of Mathematics, 1893, Vol. 15 Taking the whole or any part of a column, for instance the whole column (d, bc, or the part (c, bd, c') of the next column, we may by supplying powers of a in such wise as to leave unaltered the terms of the highest degree, that is by reading these as (c'd, abc, 63) and (ac, bd, respectively, regard them as homogeneous sets of a given degree in (a, b, c, d, e, . And thus generally we may speak of the degree of a set of terms. The terms of the several columns as above written down are in alphabetical order, ao; viz. We supply as above the proper powers of a, reading for instance col. 4 as ase, a'bd, c'c', abzc, b', where the terms are in alphabetical or dictionary order. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.