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The volume called Higher Mathematics, the first edition of which was published in 1896, contained eleven chapters by eleven authors, each chapter being independent of the others, but all supposing the reader to have at least a mathematical training equivalent to that given in classical and engineering colleges. The publication of that volume is now discontinued and the chapters are issued in separate form. In these reissues it will generally be found that the monographs are enlarged by additional articles or appendices which either amplify the former presentation or record recent advances. This plan of publication has been arranged in order to meet the demand of teachers and the convenience of classes, but it is also thought that it may prove advantageous to readers in special lines of mathematical literature. It is the intention of the publishers and editors to add other monographs to the series from time to time, if the call for the same seems to warrant it. Among the topics which are under consideration are those of elUptic functions, the theory of num- bers, the group theory, the calculus of variations, and non- EucUdean geometry; possibly also monographs on branches of astronomy, mechanics, and mathematical physics may be included. It is the hope of the editors that this form of pubHcation may tend to promote mathematical study and research over a wider field than that which the former volume has occupied. December, 1905. Ill 236371 AUTHOR'S PREFACE. The following pages are designed as supplementary to the discussions of equations in college text-books, and several methods of solution not commonly given in such works are presented and exemplified. The aim kept in view has been that of the determination of the numerical values of the roots of numerical equations, and algebraic analysis has been used only to further this end. Historical references are given, problems stated as exercises for the student, and the attempt has everywhere been made to present the subject clearly and concisely. The volume has not been written for those thoroughly conversant with the theory of equations, but rather for students of mathematics, computers, and engineers. This edition has been enlarged by the addition of five articles which render the former treatment more complete and also give recent investigations regarding the expression of roots in series. While not designed for college classes, it is hoped that the book may prove useful to postgraduate students in mathematics, physics and engineering, and also tend to promote general interest in mathematical science. South Bethlehem, Pa., December, 1905. CONTENTS. Art. I. Introduction Page i 2. Graphic Solutions 3 3. The Regula Falsi 5 4. Newton's Approximation Rule 6 5. Separation of the Roots 8 6. Nutvlerical Algebraic Equations 10 7. Transcendental Equations 13 8. Algebraic Solutions 15 9. The Cubic Equation 17 10. The Quartic Equation 19 11. QuEsiTic Equations 21 12. Trigonometric Solutions 24 13. Real Roots by Series 27 14. Computation of All Roots .... 28 15. Roots of Unity 31 16. Solutions by Maclaurin's Series 33 17. Symmetric Functions of Roots 37 18. Logarithmic Solutions 39 19. Infinite Equations 43 20. Notes and Problems 45 Index 47 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. Art. 1. Introduction. The science of algebra arose in the efforts to solve equations. Indeed algebra may be called the science of the equation, since the discussion of equalities and the transformation of forms into simpler equivalent ones have been its main objects. The solu- tion of an equation containing one unknown quantity consists in the determination of its value or values, these being called roots. An algebraic equation of degree n has n roots, while tran- scendental equations often have an infinite number of roots. The object of the following pages is to present and exemplify convenient methods for the determination of the numerical values of the roots of both kinds of equations, the real roots receiving special attention because these are mainly required in the solution of problems in physical science. An algebraic equation is one that involves only the opera- tions of arithmetic. It is to be first freed from radicals so as to make the exponents of the unknown quantity all integers; the degree of the equation is then indicated by the highest ex- ponent of the unknown quantity. The algebraic solution of an algebraic equation is the expression of its roots in terms of the literal coefficients ; this is possible, in general, only for linear, quadratic, cubic, and quartic equations, that is, for equations of the first, second, third, and fourth degrees. A numerical equation is an algebraic equation having all its coefficients real numbers, either positive or negative. For the four degrees 2 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. above mentioned the roots of numerical equations may be computed from the formulas for the algebraic solutions, unless they fall under the so-called irreducible case wherein real quantities are expressed in imaginary forms. An algebraic equation of the n^^ degree may be written with all its terms transposed to the first member, thus : X" + a,x"-' + a,x'"-' + . . . + a„_,x + a„ = o, and, for brevity, the first member will be called /{x) and the equation be referred to as/{x) = o. The roots of this equa- tion are the values of x which satisfy it, that is, those values of X that reduce /(x) to o. When all the coefficients a^, a^, . . .a„ are real, as will always be supposed to be the case, Sturm's theorem gives the number of real roots, provided they are un- equal, as also the number of real roots lying between two assumed values of x, while Horner's method furnishes a con- venient process for obtaining the values of the roots to any required degree of precision. A transcendental equation is one involving the operations of trigonometry or of logarithms, as, for example, x -\- cos;i; = o, or a^"" -\- xir' = O. No general method for the literal solution of these equations exists ; but when all known quantities are expressed as real numbers, the real roots may be located and computed by tentative methods. Here also the equation may be designated as/(;f) = o, and the discussions in Arts. 2-5 will apply equally well to both algebraic and transcendental forms. The methods to be given are thus, in a sense, more valuable than Sturm's theorem and Horner's process, although for algebraic equations they may be somewhat longer. It should be remembered, however, that algebraic equations higher than the fourth degree do not often occur in physical problems, and that the value of a method of solution is to be measured not merely by the rapidity of computation, but also by the ease with which it can be kept in mind and applied. Prob. I. Reduce the equation (a + x)^ -{- (a — x)^ = 2b to an equation having the exponents of the unknown quantity all integers. GRAPHIC SOLUTIONS, '6 c'', from which the two Art. 2. Graphic Solutions. Approximate values of the real roots of two simultaneous algebraic equations may be found by the methods of plane analytic geometry when the coefficients are numerically expressed. For example, let the given equations be x" -{-y" = a\ x' — bx =y — cy, the first representing a circle and the second a hyperbola. Drawing two rectangular axes OX and OY, the circle is de- scribed from O with the radius a. The coordinates of the center of the hyperbola are found to be OA = \b and AC ^\c, while its diameter BD = ^ b' — branches may be described. The intersections of the circle with the hyperbola give the real values of x and y. % If a=i I, b ^ ^, and ^ = 3, there are but two real values for x and two real values for j/, since the circle intersects but one branch of the hyperbola ; here Om is the positive and Op the negative value of x, while 7nn is the positive and pq the negative value oi y. When the radius a is so large that the circle intersects both branches of the hyperbola there are four real values of both x and y. By a similar method approximate values of the real roots of an algebraic equation containing but one unknown quantity may be graphically found. For instance, let the cubic equation x^ -^ ax — b ^ o be required to be solved.* This may be written as the two simultaneous equations y ^=z x"", y = — ax -\- b, * See Proceedings of the Engineers' Club of Philadelphia, 1884, V'.l. IV, pp. 47-49 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. and the graph of each being plotted, the abscissas of their points of intersection give the real roots of the cubic. The curve J/ = x^ should be plotted upon cross-section paper by the help of a table of cubes ; then OB is laid off equal to d, and OC equal to a/d, tak- ing care to observe the signs of a and d. The line joining B and C cuts the curve at p, and hence g/> is the real root oi x^ -\- ax — b = o. If the cubic equation have three real roots the straight line BC will intersect the curve in three points. Some algebraic equations of higher degrees may be graphic- ally solved in a similar manner. For the quartic equation s" -\- Az' -\- Bz — C ^ o, \\. is best to put s = A^x, and thus reduce it to the form x* -{- x'' -\- dx — c = o ; then the two equations to be plotted are J/ ^ X* -{- x'', y ■= — bx -\- c, the first of which may be drawn once for all upon cross-section paper, while the straight line represented by the second may be drawn for each particular case, as described above.* This method is also applicable to many transcendental equa- tions ; thus for the equation .^;f — ^sin;f = o it is best to write ax — sin;r = o ; then y := smx is readily plotted by help of a table of sines, while y ^= ax is a straight line passing through the origin. In the same way a"^ — x'^ ^^ o gives the curve represented byj:=rt'*and the parabola represented by y = x"^, the intersections of which determine the real roots of the given equation. Prob. 2. Devise a graphic solution for finding approximate values of the real roots of the equation x''-\- ax^-\- bx''-{- ex + d =o. Prob. 3. Determine graphically the number and the approximate values of the real roots of the equation arc x — 2> sin x = o. (Ans. — Six real roots, x = ± 159°, ± 430°, and ± 456°.) * For an extension of this method to the determination of imaginary roots, see Phillips and Beebe's Graphic Algebra, New York, 1S82. THE REGULA FALSI. OA Art. 3. The Regula Falsi. One of the oldest methods for computing the real root of an equation is the rule known as " regula falsi," often called the method of double position.* It depends upon the princi- ple that if two numbers x^ and x^ be substituted in the expres- sion y"(;r), and if one of these renders f{x) positive and the other renders it negative, then at least one real root of the equation f[x) = o lies between x^ and x^. Let the figure represent a part of the real graph of the equation y =y(,r). The point X, where the curve crosses the axis of abscissas, gives a real root OX of the equation f{x) = o. Let OA and OB be inferior and superior limits of the root OX which are determined either by trial or by the method of Art, 5. Let Aa and Bb be the values of /{x) corresponding to these limits. Join ad, then the intersection C of the straight line al? with the axis OB gives an approximate value OC for the root. Now compute Cc and join ac, then the intersection D gives a value OD which is closer still to the root OX. Let ,r, and x^ be the assumed values OA and OB, and let /{x^) and/(-rj) be the corresponding values o( /(x) represented by Aa and Bd, these values being with contrary signs. Then from the similar triangle AaC and BdC the abscissa OC is '''~ A^.)-A^\) ■*'""^At'J-/(^,) ""'^"^ At-.) -/K) • By a second application of the rule to x^ and x^, another value x^ is computed, and by continuing the process the value of x can b^ obtained to any required degree of precision. As an example \e\. f{x) =1 x^ -\- ^x'' -|- 7 = o. Here it may be found by trial that a real root lies between —2 and — 1.8. * This originated in India, and its first publication in Europe was by Abra- ham ben Esra, in 1130. See Matthiesen, Grundziige der antiken und moder- nen Algebra der litteralen Gieichungen, Leipzig, 1878. 6 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. For ^, = — 2,f{x^ = — 5, and for x^ = —i.S,/{x,) = +4.304; then by the regula falsi there is found x^ = — 1.90 nearly. Again, for x^ = — 1.90, /{x^) = -{- 0.290, and these combined with x^ and /{x^) give x^ = — 1.906, which is correct to the third decimal. As a second example let /{x) = arc;r — sin;ir — 0.5 = o. Here a graphic solution shows that there is but one real root, and that the value of it lies between 85° and 86°. For x^= 85°, /(•^i) = — 0.01266, and for x^ = 86°, /(,r,) — -f 0.00342 ; then by the .rule ;ir3 = 85" 44', which gives /(;tr3) = — 0.00090. Again, combining the values for x^ and x^ there is found x^ = 85° 47'. which gives /{x^) = — 0.00009. Lastly, combining the values for x^ and x^ there is found ;irj, = 85 " 47'.4, /vhich is as close an approximation as can be made with five-place tables. In the application of this method it is to be observed that the signs of the values of x and /(x) are to be carefully re- garded, and also that the values of /(x) to be combined in one operation should have opposite signs. For the quickest approximation the values of /(:r) to be selected should be those having the smallest numerical values. Prob. 4. Compute by the regula falsi the real roots of Jf^ — 0.25=0. Also those of jc^ + sin 2Jc = o. Art. 4. Newton's Approximation Rule. Another useful method for approximating to the value of the real root of an equation is that devised by Newton in 1666.'^ ^ct---' If J/ =/{x) be the equation of a curve, OX in the figure represents a real root of the equation /(x) = o. Let OA be an approximate value of OX, and Aa the corresponding value of/(;ir). At a let aB be drawn tangent to the curve ; then OB is another approximate value of OX. * See Analysis per equationes numero terminorum infinitas, p. 26g, Vol. I of Horsely's edition of Newton's works (London, 1779), where the method is given in a somewhat different form. NEWTON S APPROXIMATION RULE. ( Let Bb be the value of f{x) corresponding to OB, and at b let the tangent bC be drawn ; then OC is a closer approxima- tion to OX, and thus the process may be continued. Let/'(,i-) be the first derivative oi f{x)\ or,f'{x) — df{x)/dx. For X ^^ x^ — OA in the figure, the value of /{x^) is the ordi- nate Aa, and the value of /'(^,) is the tangent of the angle aBA ; this tangent is also Aa/AB. Hence AB — f\x^/f\x^, and accordingly OB and OC are found by ;,_;,_ Ml X -X - -^^"l^^- which is Newton's approximation rule. By a third application to x^ the closer value x^ is found, and the process may be con- tinued to any degree of precision required. For example, let f{x) = x^ -{- ^x'^ -|- 7 = O. The first deriv- ative isy"'(^) = ^x* -f- \ox. Here it may be found by trial that — 2 is an approximate value of the real root. For x^^= — 2 f{^\) =^ — 5' "^'""^ /X-*"!) = 60, whence by the rule x^ = — 1.92. Now for x^ = — 1.92 are found f{x^ = — 0.6599 and /'(x^) = 29 052, whence by the rule x^ = — I.906, which is correct to the third decimal. As a second example let /{x) = x^ -{- 4sin;ir = o. Here the first derivative is /'(,r) = 2,i' -f-4cos;f. An approximate value of X found either by trial or by a graphic solution is ;r= — 1.94, corresponding to about — 1 1 1°09'. For ;ir, = — 1.94, /(x^) = 0.03304 and /\xj = — 5.323, whence by the rule x^= — 1.934. By a second application x^ = — 1.9328, which corresponds to an angle of — 110° 54i-'. In the application of Newton's rule it is best that the assumed value of ,r, should be such as to render y'(;r,) as small as possible, and also/'(,r,) as large as possible. The method will fail if the curve has a maximum or minimum between a and b. It is seen that Newton's rule, like the regula falsi, applies equally well to both transcendental and algebraic equa- tions, and moreover that the rule itself is readily kept in mind by help of the diagram. 8 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. Prob. 5. Compute by Newton's rule the real roots of the alge- braic equation x* — "jx -\- 6 = o. Also the real roots of the trans- cendental equation sin x -\- arc :*: — 2 = o. Art. 5. Separation of the Roots. The roots of an equation are of two kinds, real roots and imaginary roots. Equal real roots may be regarded as a spe- cial class, which he at the limit between the real and the imagi- nary. If an equation has p equal roots of one value and g equal roots of another value, then its first derivative equation has p — I roots of the first value and g —i roots of the second value, and thus all the equal roots are contained in a factor common to both primitive and derivative. Equal roots may hence always be readily detected and removed from the given equation. For instance, let x* — gx" -\- 4.x -\- 12 = o, of which the derivative equation is 4Jir' — i8;r-|-4 = o; as;ir — 2 is a factor of these two equations, two of the roots of the primitive equation are -f- 2. — The problem of determining the number of the real and imaginary roots of an algebraic equation is completely solved by Sturm's theorem. If, then, two values be assigned to x the number of real roots between those limits is found by the same theorem, and thus by a sufficient number of assumptions limits may be found for each real root. As Sturm's theorem is known to all who read these pages, no applications of it will be here given, but instead an older method due to Hudde will be presented which has the merit of giving a comprehensive view of the subject, and which moreover applies to transcendental as well as to algebraic equations.* If any equation y -=1 f{x) be plotted with values of x as abscissas and values oi y as ordinates, a real graph is obtained whose intersections with the axis (^JTgive the real roots of the * Devised by Hudde in 1659 and published by Rolie in 1690. See CEuvres de Lagrange, Vol. VIII, p. 190. SEPARATION OF THE ROOTS. equa/ion y"(;tr) = o. Thus in the figure the three points marlced X gi> 'e three values OX for three real roots. The curve which repr' sents j ^ f{x) has points of maxima and minima marked A, 3. id inflection points marked B. Now let the first deriva- tive equation dy/dx=^ f\x) be formed and be plotted in the same manner on the axis O' X . The condition /'(-r)= o gives the abscissas of the points A^ and thus the real roots OX' give limits separating the real roots oi f{pc) == o. To ascertain if a real root OX lies between two values of O' X' these two values are to be substituted m fix): if the signs oi f{x) are unlike in the two cases, a real root of fix) = o lies between the two limits; if the signs are the same, a real root does not lie between those limits. In like manner if the second derivative equation, that is, dy/dx'' = /"{x), be plotted on O'X", the intersections give limits which separate the real roots of /"'(-^)=o. It is also seen that the roots of the second derivative equation are the abscissas of the points of inflection of the curve/ = /(x). To illustrate this method let the given equation be the quintic /{x) = x^ — 5^' -{-6x -\- 2 = o. The first derivativ^e equation is f\x) = $x* —i$x^'}-6 = o, the roots of which are •approximately — 1.59, —0.69, +0.69. -\- 1.59. Now let each of these values be substituted for x in the given quintic, as also the values — 00 , o, and -\- 00 , and let the corresponding values of /(;r) be determined as follows : 10 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. ;r = — 00, —1.59, —0.69, o, +0.69, +1.59, +00; f{x)=-^, +2.4, -0.6, +2, +47. +1-6, +CO. Since f{x) changes sign between x^=^ — 00 and x^ = — i-59> one real root lies between these limits ; smce f{x) changes sign between ;r, = — i .59 and x^^= — 0.69, one real root lies between these limits ; since y"(;tr) changes sign between x^^ — 0.69 and x^ = O, one real root lies between these limits; since /(;ir) does not change sign between ^1:3 = and ;tr^ = 00 , a pair of imagi- nary roots is indicated, the sum of which lies between -\- 0.69 and 00 . As a second example let f{x) =^ e' — ^—4 = 0. The first derivative equation is f'{x) =: r* — 2^* = O, which has two roots ^ = |- and ,?^ = o, the latter corresponding to ;ir = — co . For X := — <^ , f{x) is negative; for e^ =.^, f{x) is negative ; for X ^ -\- CO , f{x) is negative. The equation e^ — ^ — 4 = has, therefore, no real roots. When the first derivative equation is not easily solved, the second, third, and following derivatives may be taken until an equation is found whose roots may be obtained. Then, by working backward, limits may be found in succession for the roots of the derivative equations until finally those of the primative are ascertained. In many cases, it is true, this proc- ess may prove lengthy and difficult, and in some it may fail entirely; nevertheless the method is one of great theoretical and practical value. Prob. 6. Show that e" + e'^'' —4 = has two real roots, one positive and one negative. Prob. 7. Show that x^ -\- x -\- \ ^=- o has no real roots; also that x^ — X — \ =0 has two real roots, one positive and one negative. Art. 6. Numerical Algebraic Equations. An algebraic equation of the ;?"' degree may be written with all its terms transposed to the first member, thus: ;r" + a^x""-^ + a^x''-"- + . . . -f a„_^x -|- «„ = O ; NUMERICAL ALGEBRAIC EQUATIONS. 11 and if all the coefficients and the absolute term are real num- bers, this is commonly called a numerical equation. The first member may for brevity be denoted by/(^,r) and the equation itself by/(^-) = o. The following principles of the theory of algebraic equations with real coefficients, deduced in text-books on algebra, are here recapitulated for convenience of reference : (i) If .r, is a root of the equation, /(x) is divisible by x — x^; and conversely, ii /{x) is divisible by x —x^, then x\ is a root of the equation. (2) An equation of the «*'' degree has n roots and no more. (3) If jc, , ^2, . . . x,i are the roots of the equation, then the prod- uct (x — x^){x — xj . . . (x — x,i) is equal to/(a~). (4) The sum of the roots is equal to — «,; the sum of the prod- ucts of the roots, taken two in a set, is equal to -{- a^; the sum of the products of the roots, taken three in a set, is equal to — a^; and so on. The product of all the roots is equal to — a,, when fi is odd, and to + a„ when u is even. (5) The equation /(a:) = o may be reduced to an equation lack- ing its second term by substituting _>' — a^/fl for x.* (6) If an equation has imaginary roots, they occur in pairs of the form / ± ^/ where i represents y — i. (7) An equation of odd degree has at least one real root whose sign is opposite to that of a,i- (8) An equation of even degree, having a„ negative, has at least two real roots, one being positive and the other negative. (9) A complete equation cannot have more positive roots than variations in the signs of its terms, nor more negative roots than ^ permanences in signs. If all roots be real, there are as many posi- tive roots as variations, and as many negative roots as permanences. f (10) In an incomplete equation, if an even number of terms, say 2m, are lacking between two other terms, then it has at least 2m * By subsiitutingy +/V + ? for x. the quantities/ and ^ maybe determined so as to remove the second and third terms by means of a quadratic equation, the second and fourth terms by means of a cubic equation, or the second and fifth terms by means of a quartic equation. + The 'aw deduced by Harriot in 1631 and by Descartes in 1639. y 12 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS, imaginary roots; if an odd number of terms, say 2m + i, are lacking / between two other terms, then it has at least either zni + 2 or zm imaginary roots, according as the two terms have like or unlike signs.* (11) Sturm's theorem gives the number of real roots, provided / that they are unequal, as also the number of real roots lying be- tween two assumed values of x. (12) If ar is the greatest negative coefficient, and if a^ is the greatest negative coefficient after .t is changed into — .v, then all real roots lie between the limits ar -\- i and — {as + i). (13) If ah is the first negative and a^ the greatest negative co- I efficient, then ar' -)- i is a superior limit of the positive roots. If ak be the first negative and as the greatest negative coefficient after I jc is changed into — x, then as + ' is a numerically superior limit of the negative roots. (14) Inferior limits of the positive and negative roots may be found by placing x = s~' and thus obtaining an equation /{z) = o whose roots are the reciprocals of /{x) = o. (15) Horner's method, using the substitution x — z — r where r is an approximate value of x\ , enables the real root x^ to be com- puted to any required degree of precision. The application of these principles and methods will be familiar to all who read these pages. Horner's method may be also modified so as to apply to the computation of imagi- nary roots after their approximate values have been found. f The older method of Hudde and Rolle, set forth in Art. 5, is however one of frequent convenient application, for such alge- braic equations as actually arise in practice. By its use, together with principles (13) and (14) above, and the regula falsi of Art. 3, the real roots may be computed without any .assumptions whatever regarding their values. For example, let a sphere of diameter D and specific gravity * Established by DuGua; see Memoirs Paris Academy, 1741, pp. 435-494. f Sheffler, Die Auflosung der algebraischen und transzendenten Gleichung- - en, Braunschweig, 1859; and Jelink, Die Auflosung der hoheren numerischen wQleichungen, Leipzig, 1865. TRANSCENDENTAL EQUATIONS. 13 g float in water, and let it be required to find the depth of im- mersion. The solution of the problem gives for the depth x the cubic equation x' - ^Dx' + Wg = o. • As a particular case let Z) = 2 feet and ^=0.65; then the equation x^ — ix'' -|- 2.6 = o is to be solved. The first derivative equation is t^x^ — 6x = o whose roots are o and 2. Substituting these, there is found one negative root, one positive root less than 2, and one posi- tive root greater than 2. The physical aspect of the question excludes the first and last root, and the second is to be computed. By (13) and (14) an inferior limit of this root is about 0.5, so that it lies between 0.5 and 2. For x^ = 0.5, /(Xj) = -4" i-975r and for x, — 2,/(;r,) = —1.4; then by the regula falsi -^3=1.35. For x^ =i-35,/(-*'s) = — 0,408, and combining this with x, the regula falsi gives x^ = 1.204 feet, which, except in the last decimal, is the correct depth of immersion of the sphere. Prob. 8. The diameter of a water-pipe whose length is 200 feet and which is to discharge 100 cubic feet per second under a head of 10 feet is given by the real root of the quintic equation. x^ — 38JC — 101 = o. Find the value of x. Art. 7. Transcendental Equations. Rules (i) to (15) of the last article have no application to trigonometrical or exponential equations, but the general prin- ciples and methods of Arts. 2-5 may be always used in attempting their solution. Transcendental equations may have one, many, or no real roots, but those arising from prob- lems in physical science must have at least one real root. Two examples of such equations will be presented. A cylinder of specific gravity^ floats in water, and it is required to find the immersed arc of the circumference. If this be expressed in circular measure it is given by the trans- cedental equation /{x) ^ X — sin ;r — 2;r^ = O. 14 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS, The first derivative equation is i — cos ;ir = o, whose root is any even multiple of 27t. Substituting such multiples in y"(^) it is found that the equation has but one real root, and that this lies between o and 2n\ substituting \7t, ^tt, and rr for x, it is further found that this root lies between f;r and tt. As a particular case let ^ — . 0.424, and for convenience in using the tables let x be expressed in degrees; then /{x) — X — 57° .2958 sin X ~ 152° .64. Now proceeding by the regula falsi (Art. 3) let x^ = 180° and -^.= 135°, giving /(;ir,) =+ 27° .36 and/(j;J =-58° .16, whence jTj = 166°. For x^-=. 166°, f{x^ = — o" .469, and hence 166° is an approximate value of the root. Continuing the process, x is found to be i66°.237, or in circular measure ;r=2, 9014 radians. As a second example let it be required to find the horizon- tal tension of a catenary cable whose length is 22 feet, span 20 feet, and weight 10 pounds per linear foot, the ends being sus- pended from two points on the same level. If / be the span, s the length of the cable, and z a length of the cable whose weight equals the horizontal tension, the solution of the problem leads to the transcendental equation s= \e^' — e ^^f s,or inserting the numerical values, (10 loV ^ ,., _ .^ .e^ - i^fz = o is the equation to be solved. The first derivative equation is / L° _L°\ 10/ L° -i5\ f{z) = -[e^ -e ^ j+ -[e^ +e ^) = 0, and this substituted in f{z) shows that one real root is less than about 20. Assume z^ =15, then /(^'J =0.486 and /'(2',)= 0.206, whence by Newton's rule (Art. 4) z^^ 13 nearly. Next for z^ — 13, /{z^) = — 0.0298 and/'(^3) = 0.322, whence ^3 = 13.1. Lastly for z^ = 13. 1 /(z^) =0.0012 a.nd /'(z^) = 0.3142, whence s^ = 13.096, which is a sufficiently close approximation. The horizontal tension in the given catenary is hence 130.96 pounds.* * Since «' — e~ =2sinh0, this equation may be written ii9 — losinhS, where 6 = 103-1, and the solution may be expedited by the help of tables of hyperbolic functions. See Chapter IV. ALGEBRAIC SOLUTIONS. 15 Prob. 9. Show that the equation 3 sin x — 2X — 5 = has but one real root, and compute its value. Prob. 10. Find the number of real roots of the equation 20: + log X —10 000 = o, and show that the value of one of them is X — 4995- 74- Art. 8. Algebraic Solutions. Algebraic solutions of complete algebraic equations are only possible when the degree « is less than 5. It frequently happens, moreover, that the algebraic solution cannot be used to determine numerical values of the roots as the formulas expressing them are in irreducible imaginary form. Neverthe- less the algebraic solutions of quadratic, cubic, and quartic equations are of great practical value, and the theory of the subject is of the highest importance, having given rise in fact to a large part of modern algebra. ,, The solution of the quadratic has been known from very early times, and solutions of the cubic and quartic equations were effected in the sixteenth century. A complete investiga- tion of the fundamental principles of these solutions was, how- ever, first given by Lagrange in 1770.* This discussion showed, if the general equation of the w'*' degree, y(;ir) =0, be deprived of its second term, thus giving the equation /"(j) =: o, that the expression for the root y is given by in which n is the degree of the given equation, go is, in suc- cession, each of the 71^"^ roots of unity, i, e, e', . . . e""', and jj, ^2, . . . ^„_, are the so-called elements which in soluble cases are determined by an equation of the n — \^^ degree. For instance, if w = 3 the equation is of the third degree era cubic, the three values of od are <», = I, 00= —\^^^/ — I = e, cl) = — ^ — 1-/— 3 = e', * Memoirs of Berlin Academy, 1769 and 1770: reprinted in CEuvres de Lagrange (I'aris, 1868), Vol. H, pp. 539-562, See also Traite de la resolution des Equations numeriques, Paris, 1798 and 1808. 16 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. and the three roots are expressed by in which 5/ and jj' are found to be the roots of a quadratic equation (Art. 9). The n values of go are the n roots of the binomial equation 00" — 1=0. If « be odd, one of these is real and the others are imaginary ; if n be even, two are real and n — 2 are imagi- nary.* Thus the roots oi oa* — i = o are -{- i and — i ; those of a/ — 1 = are given above ; those of go* — 1=0 are -\- 1, -{- i, — I, and — t where i isy — i. For the equation co' — 1=0 the real root is -J- i. and the imaginary roots are denoted by e, e', e^ e"; to find these let 09" — i =0 be divided by GO— I, giving GO* -{- GO^ -\- GO^ -\- GO -{- I ^ O, which being a reciprocal equation can be reduced to a quad- ratic, and the solution of this furnishes the four values, = _^(i_4/5 + |/_io-2 V5), e^ = -i(i+ V5 + i/_ 10 + 2Vl)> = _j(i_4/5_ V-10-2VJ), e' = -i(i+ VJ— V_io + 2V5), where it will be seen that e.e* = i and e*.e' = i, as should be the case, since e' = i. In order to solve a quadratic equation by this general method let it be of the form x^ -{- 2ax -\-b -=0, and let x be replaced hy y — a, thus reducing it to f -{a" -b) = o. Now the two roots of this are y^= -\- s, and j, = — s^, whence the product of ( j — s^ and {y + s^ is f - s" = o. Thus the value of / is given by an equation of the first degree, * The values of a? are, in short, those of the n " vectors " drawn from the center which divide a circle of radius unity into « equal parts, the first vector QJi = I being measured on the axis of real quantities. See Chapter X. e €* THE CUBIC EQUATION. 17 s^ ^ a^ — b; and since x = — ^+J» ^he roots of the given equation are x^ = — a-\- -yf a' — b, x^——a— -r/a" — v^, which is the algebraic solution of the quadratic. The equation of the n — i"' degree upon which the solution of the equation of the n^^ degree depends is called a resolvent. If such a resolvent exists, the given equation is algebraically solvable ; but, as before remarked, this is only the case for quadratic, cubic, and quartic equations. Prob. II. Show that the six 6"^ roots of unity are + i, +i(i+ ^/^z), -Ki- ^~^z), -h -Ki+ ^-3)> -Ki- ^^3)- Art. 9. The Cubic Equation. All methods for the solution of the cubic equation lead to the result commonly known as Cardan's formula.* Let the cubic be x^ -\- ^ax" -\- T,bx -}- 2c = o, (i) and let the second term be removed by substituting/ — a for X, giving the form, f -{- 3By -{- 2C = o, (!') in which the values of B and C are B= -a'-\-b, C = a' - ^ab -\- c. (2) Now by the Lagrangian method of Art. 8 the values of y are J'l = -^1 + -y. ' y-. = e^. + e'-y^ . J's = e'-^i + es, , in which e and e^ are the imaginary cube roots of unity. Forming the products of the roots, and remembering that e' = I and e' -[- e -j- i = o, there are found y.y,y^ = s;-^s;= -2C. For the determination of s^ and s^ there are hence two equa- tions from which results the quadratic resolvent /-}- 2Cs^ — B^ = o, and thus s, = {-c+V^^T^O^ s, = {- c - VB^T^-y. (3) * Deduced by Ferreo in 1515, and first published by Cardan in 1545. 18 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. One of the roots of the cubic in j/ therefore is ^. = (- ^ + y^T^O* + (- ^ - \/^M^^)*, and this is the well-known formula of Cardan. The algebraic solution of the cubic equation (i) hence con- sists in finding B and C by (2) in terms of the given coefificients, and then by (3) the elements ^, and s^ are determined. Finally, x, = — a-^ {s,-Y -yj, x^= -a-\{s,^s:)^\y/ - l(s,— s:^, (4) x^= — a — \^{s, -f 5,) — h^/ — sC-^i — s^, which are the algebraic expressions of the three roots. When B^ -\- C^ is negative the numerical solution of the cubic is not possible by these formulas, as then both ^, and s^ are in irreducible imaginary form. This, as is well known, is the case of three real roots, s^ -\- s^ being a real, while s^ — s^ is a pure imaginary.* When B^ -f- (7Ms o the elements 5, and s^ are equal, and there are two equal roots, x^=. x^^^ — a-\- C'^, while the other root is ;trj = — a — 2Ck When ^^ -j- C^ is positive the equation has one real and two imaginary roots, and formulas (2), (3), and (4) furnish the numerical values of the roots of (i). For example, take the cubic x' — 4.5;tr' + I2jr — 5 = o, whence by comparison with (i) are found a = — !.$, d = -\- 4, c — —2.5. Then from (2)'are computed B = 1.75, C=-\-'^.i2^. These values inserted in (3) give s^ = -f-0.9142, s^ = — 1.9142; thus .y, + 5, = — i.o and s,— s, = -\- 2.8284. Finally, from (4) X, = 1.5 — 1.0= +0.5, x,= 1.5 +0.5 + 1.4142 4/ - 3 = 2 + 2.4495/, X, = 1.5 + 0.5 — 1.4142 4/— 3 = 2 - 2.4495?, which are the three roots of the given cubic. . * The numerical solution of this case 1., [iossible whenever the angle whose cosine is — C/ ^ — B^ can be geometrically trisected. THE QUARTIC EQUATION, 19 Prob. 12. Compute the roots of x^ — 2jc — 5= o. Also the roots of x"^ + o. 6.v' — 5.76X + 4.32 = o. Prob. 13. A cone has its altitude 6 inches and the diameter of its base 5 inches. It is placed with vertex downwards and one fifth of its volume is filled with water. If a sphere 4 inches in diameter be then put into the cone, what part of its radius is immersed in the water ? (Ans. 0.5459 inches). Art. 10. The Quartic Equation. The quartic equation was first solved in 1545 by Ferrari, who separated it into the difference of two squares. Descartes in 1637 resolved it into the product of two quadratic factors, Tschirnhausen in 1683 removed the second and fourth terms. Euler in 1732 and Lagrange in 1767 effected solutions by assuming the form of the roots. All these methods lead to cubic resolvents, the roots of which are first to be found in order to determine those of the quartic. The methods of Euler and Lagrange, which are closely similar, first reduce the quartic to one lacking the second term, /^6/?/+46> + Z) = o; and the general form of the roots being taken as 7i = + ^^ + ^^. + ^^3. f. = -^s', + ^.- '^^„ the values s^, s^, s^, are shown to be the roots of the resolvent, s' + sBs' + iigB' - D)s - \0 = o. Thus the roots of the quartic are algebraically expressed in terms of the coefficients of the quartic, since the resolvent is solvable by the process of Art. 9. Whatever method of solution be followed, the following final formulas, deduced by the author in 1892, will result.* Let the complete quartic equation be written in the form x' -f 4^^" + 6<^^'' + 4CX -\- {^ = o. (i) * See American Journal Mathematics, 1892, Vol. XIV, pp. 237-245. 20 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. First, let^, h, and k be determined from g^a^ -b, h^b'-^c' - 2abc ■\- dg, k= ^ac -b^ - \d. (2> Secondly, let / be obtained by / = \{li + l/F+TO' ^Uh- s/lF^'f (3) Thirdly, let u, v, and w be found from u=g-\-l, v = 2g- I, w = 4m' + 3^ — 12^^- (4) Then the four roots of the quartic equation are x^= — a -\- Vu — ^ V -\- Vw, x^= — a — Vu -{- yv — Via, ^ 1- (5) x^-= — a Vu — Vy — \/^^ ^ in which the signs are to be used as written provided that 2a^ — lab + ^ is a negative number; but if this is positive all radicals except Vw are to be reversed in sign. These formulas not only serve for the complete theoretic discussion of the quartic (i), but they enable numerical solu- tions to be made whenever (3) can be computed, that is, when- ever 1^ -\- k^ is positive. For this case the quartic has two real and two imaginary roots. If there be either four real roots or four imaginary roots k^ -\- k^ is negative, and the irreducible case arises where convenient numerical values cannot be ob- tained, although they are correctly represented by the formulas. As an example let a given rectangle have the sides/ and q, and let it be required to find the length of an inscribed rec- tangle whose width is m. If x be this length, this is a root of the quartic equation x' - iP' + ^' + 2m')x' 4- 4pqmx - {p" + ^' - myn^ = O, and thus the problem is numerically solvable by the above formulas if two roots are real and two imaginary. As a special case let/ = 4 feet, ^ = 3 feet, and m = i foot ; then X* — 2'JX'' -\- \Zx — 24 = O. QUINTIC EQUATIONS. 21 By comparison with (i) are found a = o, i> = — 4^, c = -}- I2, and ^=—24. Then from (2), £ = -{-4^, h=—^i-, and J5=z -\- -Y-. Thus /^' + k" is positive, and from (3) the value of I is— 3.6067. From (4) are now found, ?^ = -1-0.8933, ^'= 12.6067, and w = -j- 161.20. Then, since c is positive, the values of the four roots are, by (5), *-, = — 0.945 — 1^12.607 -\- 12.697 = — 5.975 feet, ;r, = — 0.945 -h i/i 2.607 -1- 12.697 = -\- 4.085 feet, jfj = + 0.945 — 1/12.607 — 12.697 = -f 0.945 — 0.30/, X, = -h O 945 + 1^12.607- 12.697 = + 0.945 + 0.30/, the second of which is evidently the required length. Each of these roots closely satisfies the given equation, the slight dis- <:repancy in each case being due to the rounding off at the third decimal.* Prob. 14. Compute the roots of the equation jc* + 7>^ + 6 = o. (Ans. — 1.388, — 1. 000, 1. 194 ± 1. 701/.) Art. 11. QuiNTic Equations. The complete equation of the fifth degree is not algebraic- ally solvable, nor is it reducible to a solvable form. Let the equation be x" + S^-*"' + 5^^' + 5^-^" + 5^^-^ + 2^ = o, and by substituting j/ — a for x let it be reduced to /-{- S^/ + SC/ + sBf-\-2E = 0. The five roots of this are, according to Art. 8, J. = €S^ 4- e's, -\- e's, 4- eV„ Js = e's, + eV, + es, -[- e's,, y* = e'-y. + es, -h 6^3 + e\, in which e, e*, e' e* are the imaginary fifth roots of unity. Now if the several products of these roots be taken there will be * This example is known by civil engineers as the problem of finding the length of a strut in a panel of the Howe truss. 22 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS, found, by (4) of Art. 6, four equations connecting the four ele- ments s^, s^, s^, and s^, namely, — B — s,s, + V3. — C = s;'s, + s,% 4- s^'s, + sX, -2E= s; + s: + ,^3^ + s: + 5(^;^.v, ^- ^^,.3^. + ^;^;^3+ ^3'^;^:) but the solution of these leads to an equation of the I20th degree for s, or of the 24th degree for s". However, by taking SjS^ — s^s^ or s^^ -{- ,$•/ + s^^ -\- s^^ as the unknown quantity, a resolvent of the 6th degree is obtained, and all efforts to find a resolvent of the fourth degree have proved unavailing. Another line of attack upon the quintic is in attempting to remove all the terms intermediate between the first and the last. By substituting y +/J 4-^ for x, the values of/ and g may be determined so as to remove the second and third terms by a quadratic equation, or the second and third by a cubic equation, or the second and fourth by a quartic equation, as was first shown by Tschirnhausen in 1683. By substituting y ~\~py ~\~ ^y ~h ^ fo'' -^T three terms may be removed, as was shown by Bring in 1786. By substituting y-|-/j'''+ ^y'+^J+^ for X it was thought by Jerrard in 1833 that four terms might be removed, but Hamilton showed later that this leads to equations of a degree higher than the fourth. In 1826 Abel gave a demonstration that the algebraic solu- tion of the general quintic is impossible, and later Galois published a more extended investigation leading to the same conclusion.* The reason for the algebraic solvability of the quartic equation may be briefly stated as the fact tliat thtre exist rational three-valued functions of four quantities. There are, however, no rational four-valued functions of five quan- tities, and accordingly a quartic resolvent cannot be found for the general quintic equation. * Jordan's Trait6 des substitutions et des Equations algebriques; Paris, 1870. Abhandlungen iiber die algebraische Auflosung der Gleichungen von N. H. Abel und Galois; Berlin, 1889. QUINTIC EQUATIONS. 23 There are, however, numerous special forms of the quintic whose algebraic solution is possible. The oldest of these is the quintic of De Moivre, which is solved at once by making s^^ s^^o in the element equations ; then — B ~ s^s^ and — 2E = s^ -\- s^", from which J, and s^ are found, and j, = ^^ -)-j^, or while the other roots are j, = es, -J- e*s^ , y^ = eV, -f- e\, y^=. eV, + e\ , and y^ = eV, + e^^ . If ^' -j- £"" be negative, this quintic has five real roots; if positive, there are one real and four imaginary roots. When any relation, other than those expressed by the four element equations, exists between s^, s^, s^, s^, the quintic is solvable algebraically. As an infinite number of such relations may be stated, it follows that there are an infinite number of solvable quintics. In each case of this kind, however, the co- efficients of the quintic are also related to each other by a certain equation of condition. The complete solution of the quintic in terms of one of the roots of its resolvent sextic was made by McClintock in 1884.* By this method s^, s^\ s^\ and 5/ are expressed as the roots of a quartic in terms of a quantity / which is the root of a sextic whose coefficients are rational functions of those of the given quintic. Although this has great theoretic interest, it is, of course, of little practical value for the determination of numer- ical values of the roots. By means of elliptic functions the complete quintic can, however, be solved, as was first shown by Hermite in 1858. For this purpose the quintic is reduced by Jerrard's transfor- mation to the form x' -\- ^dx -\- 2e = o, and to this form can also be reduced the elliptic modular equation of the sixth degree. Other solutions by elliptic functions were made by * American Journal of Mathematics, iS86, Vol. VIII, pp. 49-83. 24 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. Kronecker in 1861 and by Klein in 1884 * These methods, though feasible by the help of tables, have not yet been sys- tematized so as to be of practical advantage in the numerical computation of roots. Prob. 15. If the relation j'jj'^ ^i'^^, exists between the elementg show that s; + s,' + ^3' + ^/ = - 2^. Prob. 16. Compute the roots of y + 10^+ 2oy + 6 = 0, and also those oiy — lo^ + 207 + 6 = 0. Art. 12. Trigonometric Solutions. When a cubic equation has three real roots the most con- venient practical method of solution is by the use of a table of sines and cosines. If the cubic be stated in the form (i) of Art. 9, let the second term be removed, giving Now suppose J = 2r sin 6, th,en this equation becomes B C 8 sin' ^+6-, sin ^+2-3 = 0, and by comparison with the known trigonometric formula 8 sin' /9 — 6 sin ^ + 2 sin 3(9 = O, there are found for r atid sin 3^ the values y=t^_ B, sin 3^ = C/ V- B\ in which B is always negative for the case of three real roots (Art. 9). Now sin 36* being computed, 36^ is found from a table of sines, and then B is known. Thus, J, = 2r sin d, y^ — 2r sin (120° + B), /, = 2r sin (240° + (f), are the real roots of the cubic in y.\ * For an outline of these transcendental methods, see Hagen's Synopsis der hoheren Mathematik, Vol. I, pp. 339-344. f When B^ is negative and numerically less than CS as also when B^ is positive, this solution fails, as then one root is real and two are im.aginary. In this case, however, a similar method of solution by means of "hyperbolic sines is possible. See Grunert's Archiv fiir Mathematik und Physik, Vol. xxxviii, pp. 48-76. TRIGONOMETRIC SOLUTIONS. 25 For example, the depth of flotation of a sphere whose diam- eter is 2 feet and specific gravity 0.65, is given by the cubic equation x' — s^"" -{- 2.6 = o (Art. 6). Placing x = y -{- i this reduces tojj/'— 37 -|-0.6 = o, for which B = — i and 6' =+0.3. Thus r= I and sin 36* z=-|-o.3. Next from a table of sines, ^0 = 17° 27', and accordingly = S° 49'. Then /, = 2 sin 5° 49' = +0-2027, ^, = 2 sin 125° 49' = + 1-6218, ^, = 2 sin 245° 49' = — 1.8245. Adding i to each of these, the values of x are x^= -\- 1.203 f^^t, x, = -{- 2.622 feet, x^ =—0.825 feet ; and evidently, from the physical aspect of the question, the first of these is the required depth. It may be noted that the number 0.3 is also the sine of 162° 11', but by using this the three roots have the same values in a different order. When the quartic equation has four real roots its cubic re- solvent has also three real roots. In this case the formulas of Art. 10 will furnish the solution if the three values of / be ob- tained from (3) by the help of a table of sines. The quartic being given, ^, /i, and k are found as before, and the value of ^ will always be negative for four real roots. Then r = V— k, sin 3^ = — /i/r\ and 36* is taken from a table ; thus 6 is known, and the three values of /are /, = r sin d, l, = r sin(i20° + 6), I, = r sin (240° + 8). Next the three values of u, of 7>, and of w are computed, and those selected which give u, w, and v — Vzv all positive quanti- ties. Then (5) gives the required roots of the quartic. As an example, take the case of the inscribed rectangle in Art. 10, and let / = 4 feet, ^ = 3 feet, m = Vi^ feet; then the quartic equation is AT* — 5 !;»:• + 48 i^Fs .^ — 1 56 = O. 26 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. Here a = o, !f = — S^, c = -{- 12 ViS, and d = — 156. Next g =-\- Si, /i= — -§-1^, and k =— ^' The trigononnetric work now begins; the value of r is found to be + 4^, and that of sins^' to be + 0.7476; hence from the table $6 = 48° 23', and 6= 16° 07' 40". The three values of / are then computed by logarithmic tables, and found to be, /. = + 1.250, /, = + 3.1187, /, = -4.3687. Next the values of u, v, and w are obtained, and it is seen that only those corresponding to /, will render all quantities under the radicals positive ; these quantities are ti = 9.75, v = 15.75, and zv = 192.0. Then the four roots of the quartic are ;r. = -8.564, X, =+ 2.319, x, = -{- 1.746, X, = + 4.499 feet, of which only the second and third belong to inscribed rec- tangles, while the first and fourth belong to rectangles whose corners are on the sides of the given rectangle produced. Trigonometric solutions of the quintic equation are not possible except for the binomial x^ ± a, and the quintic of De Moivre. The general trigonometric expression for the root »of a quintic lacking its second term isjj/=2r, cos^,+2r5 cos ^, , and to render a solution possible, r, and r^ , as well as cos ^, and cos 6^2' must be found; but these in general are roots of equations of the sixth or twelfth degree : in fact r," is the same as the function s^s^ of Art. 11, and r/ is the same as s^s^. Here cos^, and cos^', may be either circular or hyperbolic cosines, depending upon the signs and values of the coefificients of the quintic. Trigonometric solutions are possible for any binomial equa- tion, and also for any equation which expresses the division of an angle into equal parts. Thus the roots of ;ir^ + i =0 are cosm 30° ± i sin 7n 30°, in which m has the values i, 2, and 3. The roots of x''—Sx^-\-c^x — 2 cos 5 (9 = o are 2 cos {m y2°-\-H) where w has the values o, 1,2, 3, and 4. Prob. 17. Compute by a trigonometric solution the four roots of the quartic^' + 4^^" — 240:^ — 76;*;— 29 = o. (Ans. —6.734, —1-550, + 0.262, + 4.022). REAL ROOTS BY SERIES. 27 Prob. 1 8. Give a trigonometric solution of the quintic equation x^ — ^Lx^ 4" S^^^ — 2(? = o for the case of five real roots. Compute the roots when d =i and e := 0.752798. (Ans. —1.7940, — 1.3952, 0.2864, 0-9317. I-97IO-) Art. 13. Real Roots by Series. The value of x in any algebraic equation may be expressed as an infinite series. Let the equation be of any degree, and by dividing by the coefficient of the term containing the first power of X let it be placed in the form a=zx^dx' + ex '+ dx' + ex' 4-/r' + . . . Now let it be assumed that x can be expressed by the series X = a -\- jna" -\- nc^ -\-p^* + ^'^^ + • • • By inserting this value of x in the equation and equating the coefficients of like powers of a, the values of w, ?i, etc., are found, and then -(42^'- 84<^V+ 28^V+ 28<^^'- T^e- ycd -^ /)a' -\- . . ., is an expression of one of the roots of the equation. In order that this series may converge rapidly it is necessary that a should be a small fraction.* To apply this to a cubic equation the coefficients ^, e,/, etc., are made equal to O, For example, let x^ — t,x -}- 0.6 = o ; this reduced to the given form is 0.2 = x — ^x^, hence a = 0.2, i = O, e =^ — ^, and then x = o.2-\-i. 0.2' + i . 0.2* + etc. = + 0.20277, which is the value of one of the roots correct to the fourth decimal place. This equation has three real roots, but the series gives only one of them ; the others can, however, be found if their approximate values are known. Thus, one root is about -{-1.6, and by placing x=j'-{-i.6 there results an equation in j;/ whose root by the series is found to be -f- 0.02 18, and hence -j- 1.6218 is another root of x^ — ^x-\-o.6 = o. *This method is given by J. B. Molt in The Analyst, 1882, Vol. IX, p. 104. 28 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. Cardan's expression for the root of a cubic equation can be expressed as a series by developing each of the cube roots by the binomial formula and adding the results. Let the equa- tion he y -{- ^By -\- 2C = o, whose root is, by Art. 9, J = (- C+VB-'^Cy+i- C- VB' + C)\ then this development gives the series, — (—r\h{ — - . . ^- 5 • 8 , 2 ■ 5 . 8 . 1 1 . 14 ,_ \ •^ ~ ^ ^\ 2 2.3.4 2.3.4.5,6 ^ •••/' in which r represents the quantity {B^ -\- C^^/^C^. If r = o the equation has two equal roots and the third root is 2( — 6~/. If r is numerically greater than unity the series is divergent, and the solution fails. If r is numerically less than unity and sufficiently small to make a quick convergence, the series will serve for the computation of one real root. For example, take the equation x^ — 6x -\-6 -=.0, where B=- — 2 and C = 3 ; hence r = 1/8 1, and one root is y = — 2.8845(1 — 0.01235 — 0.00051 — 0.00032—) = — 2.846, which is correct to the third decimal. In comparatively few -cases, however, is this series of value for the solution of cubics. Many other series for the expression of the roots of equa- tions, particularly for trinomial equations, have been devised. One of the oldest is that given by Lambert in 1758, whereby the root of x" -\^ ax — b ^= o is developed in terms of the ascending powers of b/a. Other solutions were published by Euler and Lagrange. These series usually give but one root, and this only when the values of the coefificients are such as to render convergence rapid. Prob. 19. Consult Euler's Anleitung zur Algebra (St. Petersburg, '77i)> PP- i43-i5o>^i^d apply his method of series to the solution of a quartic equation. Art. 14. Computation of all Roots. A comprehensive and valuable method for the solution of equations by series was developed by McClintock, in 1894, by COMPUTATION OF ALL ROOTS 29^ means of his Calculus of Enlargement.^ By this method all the roots, whether real or imaginary, may be computed from a single series. The following is a statement of the method as applied to trinomial equations : Let ,r" = nAx"~'' -\- B" be the given trinomial equation. Substitute x = By and thus reduce the equation to the form y = nay"'^ -{-I where a = A/B^. Then if .5" is positive, the roots are given by the series y = Go-\- 00"-^ a -\- oo^-\\ —2k-\- n)a'/2 ! 4-(S>'-3*(i -3/^+«)(i-3/^+2;/K/3 ! in which 0,1 represents in succession each of the roots of unity. If, however, B" is negative, the given equation reduces to y ^ nay"~'' — I, and the same series gives the roots if go be taken in succession as each of the roots of — i. In order that this series may be convergent the value of «• must be numerically less than k~''{fi — kY~" ; thus for the quar- tic y* = ^ax -\- i, where « = 4 and >^ = 3, the value of a must be less than 27~*. To apply this method to the cubic equation x^^TfAx±_B^^ place « = 3 and ^ = 2, and put y = Bx. It then becomes y = yzy ± I where a = A/B\ and the series is in which the values to be taken for go are the cube roots of i or — I, as the ease may be. For example, let x^— 2x — $ =0. Placing jj/= 59^, this reduces to y =0.684 jf-f-i. Here « = o.228, and as this is less than 4-* the series is convergent. Making GO = i, the first root is y = I -\- 0.2280 — 0.0039 + 0.0009 = 1.2250. *See Bulletin of American Mathematical Society, i8g4, Vol. I, p. 3; also- American Journal of Mathematics, 1895, Vol. XVII, pp. 89-110. 30 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. Next making co = — i + i V^, go* is — ^ — ^ V— 3, and the corresponding root is found to be J = — 0.6125 + 0.3836 V— 3. Again, making &? = — i — i V— 3 the third root is found to be the conjugate imaginary of the second. Lastly, multiplying each value of jj/ by 5 J, X = 2.095, ;jr = - 1.047 ± 1-136 V— I, which are very nearly the roots of ;i:' — 2.a: — 5 = O. In a similar manner the cubic x^-\- 2x -\-$ = o reduces to y = — o.684>' —I, for which the series is convergent. Here the three values of oj are, in succession, — I, i +i V— 3, _ ^_|_ j4,/_ 3^ and the three roots are j =— 0.777 and / = 0.388 ± 1.137/. When all the roots are real, the method as above stated fails because the series is divergent. The given equation can, however, be transformed so as to obtain n — k roots by one application of the general series and k roots by another. As an example, let x^ — 2^t,x + 330 = o. For the first applica- tion this is to be written in the form x' , 330 243 ^ 243' for which « = I and k = — 2. To make the last term unity place X = -^^jy* and the equation becomes whence a = 330*73.243'. These values of «, k, and a are now inserted in the above general value of jj/, and co made unity; thus jj/= 0.9983, whence ;r, =1.368 is one of the roots. For ♦;he second application the equation is to be written ^ = - M^^"' + 243. 243 ROOTS OF UNITY. 31 for which « = 2 and >& = 3. Placing x = 243*;', this becomes y = - 345 -. + ,, 2435-^ whence ^= — iio/243s and the series is convergent. These values of «, k, and « are no a inserted in the formula for ^, and CO is made -f- i and — i in succession, thus giving two values for J/, from which x^ = 14.86 and ;r, = — i6.22 are the other roots of the given cubic. McClintock has also given a similar and more general method applicable to other algebraic equations than trinomials. The equation is reduced to the form y" = na . ^yy ±. i, where na . cfyy denotes all the terms except the first and the last. Then the values oi y are expressed by the series d a" in which the values of a> are to be taken as before. The method is one of great importance in the theory of equations, as it enables not only the number of real and imaginary roots to be determined, but also gives their values when the conver- gence of the series is secured. Prob. 20. Compute by the above method all the roots of the quartic x* -\-x-\- 10 = 0. Art. 15. Roots of Unity. The roots of +1 and — i are required to be known in the numerical solution of algebraic equations by the method of the last article. From the theory of binomial equations given in all text-books on algebra, the n roots of +1 are ( + 1)"^ =cos (m/n)27T+i sin (m/n)27:, w = i, 2, 3, . . . w, (i) while those of — i are expressed by ( — i) ** = cos {m/n)Tt-\-i sin (w/n);r, w = i, 2, 3, . . . «, (2) 32 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. in which i represents the square root of — i. From these general formulas it is seen that the two imaginary cube roots of + 1 are £i = - ^ + ^iVs = -0.5 +0. 86602 54i, e2=-^-^iVs=-o.S-o.S66o2S4h and that the two imaginary cube roots of — i are £/= +i + hiVs= +0.5+0.8660254/, £/= +i-i/\/3== +0.5-0.8660254/. For the first case £1+62 + 1=0 and £i£2 = i> ^.s also £1 = ^2^ and £^=£l, and similar relations apply to the other case. The imaginary fifth roots of positive unity are given in Art. 8 expressed in radicals; reducing these to decimals, or deriving them from the above formula (i) with the help of a trigonometric table, there result £ =+0.3090170+0.9510565/, £^=—0.8090170+0.5877853/, £*= +0.3090170— 0.9510565/, £^= —0.8090170—0.5877853/, while the imaginary fifth roots of negative unity are obtained from these by changing the signs. In general, if co is an imaginary n^^ root of positive unity, — a» is an imaginary n^^ root of nega- tive unity. The imaginary sixth roots of positive unity may be expressed in terms of the cube roots. Let £ be one of the imaginary cube roots of +1, then the imaginary sixth roots of +1 are +£, +£^, — £, — £^; these are also the imaginary sixth roots of — i. From (i) the imaginary seventh roots of +1 are found to be £ =+0.6234898+0.7818316/, £^=+0.6234898-0.7818316/, £^= — 0.2225209 +0.9749234^', £^= —0.2225209—0.9749234/, £^= -0.9009688+0.4338837/, £^= -0.9009688-0.4338837/, and if the signs of these be reversed there result the imaginary seventh roots of — i. The imaginary eighth roots of +1 are +/, — /, +^\^2(i±i), and — |V2(i±/). The imaginary ninth roots of +1 are the two SOLUTIONS BY MACLAURIN'S FORMULA. 33 imaginary cube roots of + 1 , cos -^n ± i sin ^n, and cos f tt ± f sin %7z. The imaginary tenth roots of +i are the five imaginary roots of +1 and the five imaginary roots of — i. For any value of n the roots of +i may be graphically represented in a circle of unit radius by taking one radius as +i and drawing other radii to divide the circle into n equal parts; if unit distances normal to +i and — i be called -\-i and —i, the n radii repre- sent all the roots of + 1 . When this figure is viewed in a mirror, the image represents the n roots of — i. Or, in other words, the {m/nY^ roots of +i are unit vectors which make the angles {m/n)2n with the unit vector +i, while the {m/nY^ roots of — i are unit vectors which make the angles {m/n)27t with the unit vector —I. The n roots of any unit vector cos ^+i sin (9 are readily found from De Moivre's theorem by the help of trigonometric tables. Accordingly the cube roots of this vector are cos \0-\-i sin \d, co?>\{d-\-27t)-\-i?>m.^{d + 27i) and cos-J(^+47r)+isin^((9+4;r); the vectors representing these three roots divide the circle into three parts. The trigonometric solution of the cubic equation (Art. 12) is one application of De Moivre's theorem. Prob. 21. Compute to six decimal places two or more of the eleventh imaginary roots of unity. Prob. 22. Compute to five decimal places the five roots of the equation .v^— 0.8 — o.6i=o. Prob. 23. Compute to five decimal places the six roots of the equation x^—2>o-\-6oi=Q. Art. 16. Solutions by Maclaurin's Formula. In 1903 Lambert pubhshed a method for the expression by Maclaurin's formula of the roots of equations in infinite series.* It applies to both algebraic and transcendental equations, and for the former it gives all the roots whether they be real or imag- inary. The method is based on the device of introducing a * Proceedings American Philosophical Society, Vol. 42. > 34 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. factor X into all the terms but two of the equation /"(;y) =o, whereby y becomes an implicit function of x. The successive derivatives of y with respect to x are then obtained, and their values, as also those of y, are evaluated for x = o. By Maclaurin's formula, the expansions of y in powers of x become known, and if x be made unity in these expansions, the roots of /(y)=o are found, pEOvided the resulting series are convergent. To illustrate this method by a numerical example, take the quartic equation ^y^—sy^ + lsy — T-o 000=0, (i) and introduce an x into the second and third terms, thus, y^ — Sxy^ + y^xy — 10000=0. (2) By Maclaurin's formula y may be expressed in terms of x, and then when x is made unity, the four series thus obtained furnish the four roots of (i). Maclaurin's formula is ' /dy\ /d'y\ x^ /d'y x^ 3/ „ I ■!"••• > where %, (dy/dx)^, (d^y/dx^)^, etc., denote the values which y and the successive derivatives take when x is made o. "Differen- tiating equation (2) twice in succession, and then placing x=o, there are found yo= + io, +10, +iot, —loi, (dy/dx)^ =-0.1125, -0.2625, +0.1875-0.0750^, +0.1875+0.0750?*, (d^y/dx^)f^= —0.002,0, +0.0030, — 0.0000+ 0.0039?, —0.0000— 0.0039 i in which i represents the square root of negative unity. Sub- stituting each set of corresponding values in Maclaurin's formula and then placing x = i, there result ;yi= +9.886, >'3=o.i875+9.927i, ^2= -10.261, %=o.i875-9.927«, which are the roots of (i), all correct to the last decimal. SOLUTIONS BY MACLAURIn's FORMULA. 35 This method may be readily apphed to the trinomial equation y^ — nay^'''' — b=o. When x is inserted in the second term, the series obtained is / i\ l-ik + \b") (i-4^+w)(i-4^+2w)(i-4^+3w)aV4! + . . . and each of the roots is hence expressed in an infinite series, I since b^ has n values. This series is convergent when a" is numerically less than k~^{n — kY~'^b^, and for this case the roots can be computed. Now the condition a^ = k~^{n — kY~''^b^ is that of equal roots in the trinomial equation; hence for the cubic equation the above series is applicable when one root is real and the others imaginary, while for the quartic equation it is applicable when two roots are real and two imaginary. For the irreducible case in cubics and quartics the above series does not converge and the roots cannot be computed from it ; this case is treated on the next page by inserting x in other terms. This series is the same as that derived for trinomial equations by McClintock's method of enlargement (Art. 14), Asa special' case take the quintic equation y^ — '^ay — 1=0, in which the value of w is 5, that of k is 4, and those of b'^ are the five imaginary roots of unity (Art. 15). When a is less than 4~^, or a less than about 0.33, the above series applies, and if s designates one of the imaginary fifth roots of unity (Art. 15), the five roots of the equation are )'i= I + a - a2 + ^3 - -Va' + -'/a' - ^^a' + ^^a^ -. • > 36 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. For example, let a=o.i, or y^ — ^y — 1=0; then the value of y^ is found to be +1.09097, while the other roots are }'2=+ 0.2 3649 + 1. 01470/, >'3= -0.781975 +0.48372/, 3-4= +0.23649 -1. 01470/, yi= -0.781975-0.48372/, which are correct in the fifth decimal place. For the case w^here a^ is greater than k~^'(n — k)^~'^b^ in the trinomial equation y^ — nay^~'^ — b=o, the roots may be obtained by inserting x in other terms than the second. To illustrate the method by the quintic ;y^ — 5a}' — i =0, let x be placed in the last term, giving y^— = - 2 , c=+2; then from the first formula 8^=0, 5^ = 4, ^3 = 6, and from the second formula ^'4 = 8, 6'5 = 20, 56 = 28, etc. Other important symmetric functions of the roots are the sums of the squares of the terms in the above expressions for the coefficients b, c, d, etc. Let these be called B, C, D, etc., or 72 __ /y* 2/y* 2 _|_ /y» 2^ 2 _|_ f* /y* 2/yt 2/y. 2 1^ /y* 2/y* 2/v« 2 I xy — ~ (A/j *A'2 n^ *^2 3 *^ ' • • > ^'^ — *^1 *^2 3 ~f~ 2 3 4 ** • • • > and let it be required to find the values of B, C, D, etc., in terms of a, h, c, etc. For this purpose let (i) be vv^ritten and let both members be squared and the resulting equation be reduced to the form yn-Ayn-'^^By^-^-Cy'-^+Dy''-*-. . .==0, . . (2) in which y represents x'^. This equation has n roots x^^, x^, x^^ . . . ; hence the value of A is x^ -^x^ -\-x^ ^. . . , and the values of B and C are the symmetric functions above written. The algebraic work shows that A=a^ — 2b, B = b' — 2ac+ad, C = c^ — 2bd + 2ae — 2/, ... , and thus in general any coefficient in (2) is obtained from those in (i) by the following rule: the coefficient of y"^ in (2) is found by taking the square of the coefficient of x^ in (i) together with twice the products of the coefficients of the terms equally re- moved from it to right and left, these products being alternately negative and positive. An equation whose roots are the squares of those of (2) may be obtained by a similar process, the equation being z^-^i2^-^+J5i2"-2-CiZ'^-'+Z)z^-''-. . .=0, . . (3) in which A^, B^, Cj, . . . are computed from A, B, C, in the same manner that A,B,C, . . .'were computed from (i). For example, take the equation :v^ +3^* +6=0; the equation whose roots are LOGARITHMIC SOLUTIONS. 39 squares of those of the given equation is y'' +gy* + 2,6y^ + ^6=0, and that whose roots are the fourth powers of those of the given equation is z^+812^ — 6482^ + 19442^ — 25922 + 1296=0. Prob. 26. Find an equation the roots of which are the fourth powers of the roots of x^+x+ 10=0. Prob. 27. For the cubic equation x^—ax^+bx—c=o show that the value of Xj^x^^+x^^x^^+x/xj^ is b^—^abc+^c^. Prob. 28. For the quartic equation x* — ax^ -\- bx^ — cx+ d= o show that the value of S^ is a^— <,a%— ^ab^+ ^a'^c— ^ad— ^bc. Art. 18. Logarithmic Solutions. A logarithmic method for the solution of algebraic equations with numerical coefficients was published by Graff e in 1837 and exemplified by Encke in 1841.* The method involves the forma- tion of an equation whose roots are high powers of the roots of the given equation; to do this an equation is first derived, . by help of the principles in Art. 1 7, whose roots are the squares of those of the given equation, then one whose roots are the squares of those of the second equations or the fourth powers of those of the given equation, and so on. With the use of addition and subtraction logarithms, the greater part of the numerical work may be made logarithmic. The method is of especial value when all the roots of the given equation are real and unequal. To illustrate the theory of the method, let p, q, r, s, etc., denote the roots, each of which is supposed to be a real negative number; let [p] denote p + q + r + . . . , [pq] denote pq+qr+rs+. . . , and so on. Then the general algebraic equation may be written x''-[p]x"-'^+[pq]x''-^-[pqr]x''-^ + [pqrs]x''-^-. . . , (i) and the equation whose roots are p^, ^, r^, . . . is, by Art. 1 7, yn_[p2-^yn-l^^p2q2-jyn-2_^p2g2^2-^yn-S_^^p2q2j.2^2'^yn-i_^ . . , in which [p^] denotes p^ + q^+r^ + . . . , [p-q^] denotes p^q^ + q^r^ + . . . , * Crelle's Journal fur Mathematik, 1841, Vol. XXII, pp. 193-248. 40 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. and SO on. From this equation another may be derived having the roots p^, q*, r*, . . . , and then another may be found having the roots p^, "», that of [p'^q'^] approaches p"^q"^, that of [p'^q^r'^'] approaches p'^q'^r'^, and so on. Hence when m is large [^"*] is an approximation to the value of />"», and [p^q^y[p'^'\ is an approximation to the value of q'^. Accordingly by making m sufficiently large, the values of p^, q^", r"*, . . . , and hence those oi p, q, r, . . . , may be obtained to any required degree of numerical precision. When two roots are nearly equal numerically, it will be necessary to make m very large; when equal roots exist they should be removed by the usual method. To illustrate the appHcation of the method, let it be required to find the roots of the quintic equation x^ + iT^x* — Si x^ — ^4x^+464% — iSi =0. By comparison with (i) of Art. 17 it is seen that fl= —13, 6= —81, •c=+34, d= -\-464, g= +181. The equation whose roots are the squares of those of the given quintic is now found from (2) of Art. 17, by computing^ =a^ — 2b = T,;^i, B = b^ — 2ac + 2d = S^'j^, C = c^^2bd + 2ae = 'ji6i8, D=d^ — 2ce = 202gSS, £ = 6^=32761, and then y^ ~33i>'* +8373)'^- 7i6i8>'2 + 202988>' -32761=0. Taking the logarithms of the coefficients, this equation may be written y' - i2.si9^3)y* + (3-92288))'^ - (4.85502)/ + (5.30747):y -(4-51536) =0, LOGARITHMIC SOLUTIONS. 41 in which the coefficients are expressed by their logarithms in- closed in parentheses. The logarithms of the coefficients for the equation whose roots are the fourth powers of the given quintic are now found by the use of addition and subtraction logarithmic tables, and this equation is z^ - (4.96762)3" + (7.36364)2' - (9.24342)2^ + (10.56243)2 - (9.03072) =0. Next the equation whose roots are the eighth powers of the roots of the given quintic is derived from the preceding one in a similar manner and is found to be •zt'^ — (9.9329o)'Zi'" + (i4.3i934)'Z£^' — (i8.i4025)w^ + (2i.i2363)'Z£^ — (18.06144) =0, and then the equation whose roots are the sixteenth powers of the roots of the given quintic is 'i;^-(i9.8658o)'y* + (28.29778)7;^ -(36.i3i3i)'y2 + (42.24726)2; - (36.12288) =0. It is now observed that the coefficients of the second, fourth, and fifth terms in the equation for v are the squares of those of the similar terms in the equation for w. Hence two of the roots are now determined as follows: log/= 9.93290, log /> = 1.24161, /? = i7.443; log f = 18.06144 — 21.12363, log / = !. 61723, /=0.4142. These are the numerical values of the largest and smallest roots of the given quintic, but the method does not determine whether they are positive or negative; by trial in the given quintic it will be found that —17.443 and +0.4142 are roots. To obtain the others, the process must be continued until two successive equa- tions are found for which all the coefficients in the second are the squares of those in the first. Since in this case two roots lie near together, the process does not terminate, with five-place logarithms, until the 512''' powers are reached. The three 42 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. remaining roots are thus found to be ?= +3.230, f= +3.213, and s= —1. 4142. When this method is applied to an algebraic equation which has imaginary roots, this fact is indicated by the deviation of signs of the terms in the power equations from the form as given in (2) of Art. 17; that is, these signs are not alternately positive and negative. As an example of such a case Encke applies the process to the equation X'' — 2X^ — 2,x^ + /^X^ — K^X +6 =0, and deduces for the equation of the 256''' powers of the roots t;^- (74.95884)2^" + (122.81202)2;^ + (151.32153)7/^-1^179.58882)1^^ — (190.99129)1;^ — (195.21132)1' — (199.20704) =0. Here it is seen that the coefficients of v* and v have signs opposite to those of the normal form, and hence two pairs of imaginary roots are indicated. The real roots of the given equa- tion are then determined as follows: log Xi^^" = 74.95884, log rTi =0.29281, :x:i= —1.9625, log;r2"® = i22.8i202— 74.95886, log :j£;2= 0.18693, ^2= +i-5379> log r)£:6"*' = i90.99i29 — 179.58882, log ^6 = 0.04454, :V6= +1.1080, while the logarithms of the moduli of the imaginary pairs may be obtained by taking the difference of the logarithms of v^ and v^ and that of v^ and i'", and dividing each by 512. It is then not difficult to show that the two quadratic equations ^^— o.6o92ix + i.o7668 = o, jc^ + 1.29263^^1.66642 =0, furnish the imaginary roots of the given equation of the seventh degree. Prob. 29. Compute the roots of x^—iox^+6x+i = o. Prob. 30. How many real roots has the equation x''+;}x*+6 = o? Can they be advantageously computed by the above method ? What is the best method for finding the roots to four decimal places ? INFINITE EQUATIONS. 43 Art. 19. Infinite Equations. An infinite series containing ascending powers of x may be equated to zero and be called an infinite equation. For example, consider the equation A*" /y»D /y»V iy»9 fc^ •A' tA' vv 3! 5! 7! 9! in which the first member is the expansion of sin :r; this equa- tion has the roots o, tt, 27z, t,7z, etc., since these are the values which satisfy the equation sin x=o. Again, ^^S ^»4 /Y*^ ^*o %\' vV fcV lA' 2! 4! 6! 8! is the same as cosh x=o, and hence its roots are ^Tti, ^izi, etc. The series known as Bessel's first function when equated to zero furnishes an infinite equation whose roots are of interest in the theory of heat * ; this equation is ^ ~ 2"' "^ 2^ ~ 2^T5^62" "^ ^^T^."6V82 ~ • • • ^ °' and it has an infinite number of real positive roots, the smallest of which is 2.4048. The roots of equations of this kind may be computed by tentative methods, and when they are approxi- mately known Newton's rule (Art. 4) may be used to obtain more precise values. As an example take another equation which also occurs in the theory of heat, namely, /yZ /y»3 ^y«4 At5 vV vV *A^ wV It is plain that this equation can have no negative roots, for a negative value of x renders all the terms of the first member * Mathematical Monograph, No, 5, pp. 23, 63. 44 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. positive. Calling the first member /"(:x;), the first derivative is 1+2 22-3 2^-s^-4 2'-s^-4^-s By trial it may be found that one root of /(x)=o lies between 1.44 and 1.45. For x = i.44, /(x) becomes +0.002508 and/'(x) becomes +0.4334. Then /(x)//''(:x;) =0.0058, and accordingly" ^^1 = 1.44 +0.0058 = 1.4458 is one of the roots. Another root of this equation is ^2 = 7.61 78. In general equations of this kind have an infinite number of roots. The term infinite is sometimes applied to an algebraic equa- tion having an infinite root, and cases of this kind are often stated as curious mathematical problems. For instance, the solution of the equation x — a = (x^ — a\/x^ + a^)^, when made by squaring each member twice, gives the roots x = fa and x = o. But x=o does not satisfy the equation as written, although it applies if the sign of the second radical be changed. The equation, however, may be put in the form a / \a^ a* X \ yx^ X* and it is now seen that :x; = 00 is one of its roots. The false value x = o arises from the circumstance that the squaring operations give results which may be also derived from equations having signs before the radicals different from those written in the given equation. Prob. 31. Differentiate the above function of Bessel and equate the derivative to zero. Compute two of the roots of this infinite equation. Prob. 32. Find the roots of 2\/x~-2=\/x—2,+\/x—i. Prob. $s- Consult a paper by Stem in Crelle's Journal fiir Mathe- matik, 1841, pp. 1-62, and explain his methods of solving the equations cos ic cosh 3C+ 1 = and (4~sx^) sin a;— 4xcosx=o. NOTES AND PROBLEMS. 45 Art. 20. Notes and Problems. The algebraic solutions of the quadratic, cubic, and quartic equations are valid for imaginary coefficients also. In general the roots of such equations are all imaginary. The method of McClintock (Art. 14) and that of Lambert (Art, 16) may also be applied to the expression of the roots of these equations in infinite series. As an illustration take the equation x^ — ;^x+ 4.1=0. By any method may be found the roots x^^ —i, X2= —o.si-\-i.gT,6 and ^3= —o.5i — 1.936; two of the roots here form a pair in which the imaginary part is the same for both, the real and imaginary parts of the complex quantities having changed places. There are, however, many equations with imaginary and complex coefficients in which pairs of roots do not occur. The most general case of an algebraic equation is when the coefficients a, b, c, . . . in (i) of Art. 17 are complex quantities of the form m+ni, p+qi, .... Such equations rarely, if ever, occur in physical investigations, but the general methods ex- plained in the preceding pages will usually suffice for their solution, approximate values of the roots being first obtained by trial if necessary. In general the roots of such equations are all com- plex, although conditions between m and n, p and q, etc., may be introduced which will render real one or more of the roots. Prob. 34. Show that the equation x—e^=o has many pairs of imaginary roots and that the smallest roots are o.3i8i±i.3372i. /y^ /y" /y*4 ^O _ ^^ - vv lA" fc-V •A' Prob. 35. Solve — :-| — -, + —; + —;+. . .= — i. ^^ 2! 3! 4! 5! Prob. 36. Discuss the equation :x;— tan:x:=o and show that its smallest root is 4.49341. Prob. 37. Find the value of x in the equation e"^-}-i = o, and also that in the equation ei^*— i=o. Prob. 38. Show that x^+(a+bi)x+c+di=o has one real and one complex root when the coefficients are so related that b^c+d^—abd=o. 46 THE SOLUTION OF EQUATIONS. Prob. 39. When and by whom was the sign of equality first used ? What reason was given as to the propriety of its use for this purpose ? Prob. 40. There is a conical glass, 6 inches deep, and the diameter at the top is 5 inches. When it is one-fifth full of water, a sphere 4 inches in diameter is put into the glass. What part of the vertical diameter of the sphere is immersed in the water? Prob. 41. When seven ordinates are to be erected upon an abscissa line of unit length in order to determine the area between that line and a curve, their distances apart in order to give the most advan- tageous result are, according to Gauss, determined by the equation Compute the roots to five decimal places and compare them with those given by Gauss. INDEX. Abel's discussion of quintic, 22. Algebraic equations, i, 2. solutions, 15-24. Approximation of roots, 3, 12, 49. rule, 6. Bessel's function, 43. Binomial equations, 16, 26, 31. Cardan's formula, 17, 18, 28, 29. Catenary, 14. 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