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The solution of the equation √{(xa)(xb)}(xc)(xd)}=e

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

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If P=a+bcd, and K=cdab, the solution of the equation

may be most readily found by putting (xa)(xb)=z2; whence (xc)(xd)=z2+Px+K, and therefore =z2−2ez+e2, and finally x is given by the equation

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