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On a Binomial Approximation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

J. E. A. Steggall
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The simple approximation for the rth root of a number which is nearly an exact rth power, given by Mr. Whipple last month, is found as a rule in Bonnycastle’s Arithmetic. Perhaps the most elegant form is this:

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Research Article
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The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 3 , Issue 55 , January 1906 , pp. 267
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Copyright © Mathematical Association 1906

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