Project MUSE - Algebra in Context (original) (raw)

Cover

Title Page, Copyright

pp. i-iv

Part I: Numeration Systems

2. Babylonian Number System

pp. 11-20

3. Egyptian and Roman Number Systems

pp. 21-34

4. Chinese Number System

pp. 35-40

5. Mayan Number System

pp. 41-50

6. Indo-Arabic Number System

pp. 51-72

Part II: Arithmetic Snapshots

8. Addition and Subtraction

pp. 89-94

9. Multiplication

pp. 95-104

11. Casting Out Nines

pp. 117-120

12. Finding Square Roots

pp. 121-134

13. Exercises

pp. 135-140

Part III: Foundations

15. Rational, Irrational, and Real Numbers

pp. 159-182

17. The Higher Arithmetic

pp. 197-252

18. Exercises

pp. 253-264

Part IV: Solving Equations

19. Linear Problems

pp. 267-300

20. Quadratic Problems

pp. 301-374

21. Cubic Equations and Complex Numbers

pp. 375-414

22. Polynomial Equations

pp. 415-438

23. Rule of Three

pp. 439-460

24. Logarithms

pp. 461-504

25. Exercises

pp. 505-520