The excellent work of Tropfke is an example of the tendency… - David Eugene Smith

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The excellent work of Tropfke is an example of the tendency to break away from the mere chronological recital of facts.

David Eugene Smith

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(January 21, 1860 – July 29, 1944) was an American mathematician, educator, and editor.

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He states that the root of <math>x^3 + 6x = 20</math> is<math>x = \sqrt {\sqrt{108} + 10} - \sqrt {\sqrt{108} - 10}.</math>

He... gave thirteen forms of the cubic which have positive roots, these having already been given by Omar Kayyam.

He used capital vowels for the unknown quantities and capital consonants for the known, thus being able to express several unknowns and several knowns.

The excellent work of Tropfke is an example of the tendency to break away from the mere chronological recital of facts. - David Eugene Smith

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