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Mechanical devices for solving quadratic and cubic equations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 October 2008

G. D. C. Stokes
G. D. C. Stokes
Affiliation:
Green Gates, 82 Greenock Road, Largs.
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Quadratic Equations. The device is designed to give the numerical value of the numerically smaller root of the equation x2 – px + q = 0, the other root and the signs of the roots α, β being found thereafter from the relations α + β = p, α β = q.

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Research Article
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Edinburgh Mathematical Notes , Volume 39 , January 1954 , pp. 10 - 12
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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1954