Book 1 — CHAPTER II.
W. M. (William Mitchell) Gillespie translation
ORDINARY ANALYSIS; OR, ALGEBRA. 69
Its Object 69 Classification of Equations 70
Algebraic Equations 71
Their Classification 71
Algebraic Resolution of Equations 72
Its Limits 72 General Solution 72 What we know in Algebra 74
Numerical Resolution of Equations 75
Its limited Usefulness 76
Different Divisions of the two Systems 78
The Theory of Equations 79
The Method of Indeterminate Coefficients 80
Imaginary Quantities 81
Negative Quantities 81
The Principle of Homogeneity 84