Quote: the fraction m/n is the relation that holds of inductive numbers x,y when xn=ym; leads to ordering relation on fractions

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We shall define the fraction m/n as being that relation which holds between two inductive numbers x,y when xn=ym. ... [p. 65 "Given two ratios m/n and p/q, we shall say that m/n is less than p/q if mq is less than pn.   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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