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A Problem of Sylvester's in Elimination

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

Thomas Muir
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The problem in question with its solution appeared in the Cambridge Mathematical Journal, vol. ii. pp. 232–236, being given by Sylvester to show how his recently discovered “dialytic” method might be applied to ternary quadratics.

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Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh , Volume 20 , 1895 , pp. 300 - 305
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1895

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page 302 note * Of course there are similar operational equations for the obtaining of γ2 and γ3, because any one of the original equations is derivable from another of —a mode of derivation that naturally applies to the equations of every other set likewise.