Application of the pell equation to the problem of extraction of the cube root of a binomial surd

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APPLICATION OF THE PELL EQUATION TO THE PROBLEM OF EXTRACTION OF THE 

CUBE ROOT OF A BINOMIAL SURD

 

Author(s): E. E. Whitford 

Source: 

The Mathematics Teacher , December, 1914, Vol. 7, No. 2 (December, 1914), pp. 

68-71

 

Published by: National Council of Teachers of Mathematics 

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Document Outline

• Contents
  • p. 68
  • p. 69
  • p. 70
  • p. 71
• Issue Table of Contents
  • The Mathematics Teacher, Vol. 7, No. 2 (December, 1914) pp. 37-82
    • Front Matter
    • GRAMMAR SCHOOL MATHEMATICS [pp. 37-48]
    • GEOMETRY OF FOUR DIMENSIONS [pp. 49-58]
    • BLANK FORMS IN ALGEBRA [pp. 59-67]
    • APPLICATION OF THE PELL EQUATION TO THE PROBLEM OF EXTRACTION OF THE CUBE ROOT OF A BINOMIAL SURD [pp. 68-71]
    • NEW BOOKS
      • Review: untitled [pp. 72-72]
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    • NOTES AND NEWS [pp. 78-82]
    • Back Matter