Harriot, Thomas - Mss. 6782

Harriot, Thomas, Mss. 6782

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On this page Harriot solves

6 a - a a = 10

and

6 a - a a = 8

. The latter has real roots 4 and 2, but the roots of the former are complex,

3 \pm \sqrt{- 1}

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