Elements of the Differential Calculus: With Examples and Applications

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Ginn Company, 1898 - 258 стор.
 

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Сторінка iii - Its peculiarities are the rigorous use of the Doctrine of Limits, as a foundation of the subject, and as preliminary to the adoption of the more direct and practically convenient infinitesimal notation and nomenclature ; the early introduction of a few simple formulas and methods for integrating ; a rather elaborate treatment of the use of infinitesimals in pure geometry ; and the attempt to excite and keep up the interest of the student by bringing in throughout the whole book, and not merely at...
Сторінка 164 - P'S = P'F, from the definition of a parabola ; PB=PF—QF; .-. P'N=P'Q. = limit rcoBPP'fr]= limit (~P^ P=P [cos />/>'£ J P' = p [_ jP'j cos rPF cos T'PR _ Art. 162; .-. T'PR=T'PF, and the tangent at any point of a parabola bisects the angle between the focal radius and the diameter through the given point.
Сторінка 190 - The Centre of Gravity of a body is a point so situated that the force of gravity produces no tendency in the body to rotate about any axis passing through this point. The subject of centres of gravity belongs to Mechanics, and...
Сторінка 81 - As the curvature of a circle has been found to be the reciprocal of its radius, a circle may be drawn which shall have any curvature required. A circle tangent to a curve at any point, and having the same curvature as the curve at that point, is called the osculating circle of the curve at the point in question. Its...

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