Chapter II 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