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The Fundamental Formula for the Area of a Triangle in Analytical Geometry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

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The algebraic methods employed are usually defective in explaining the sign to be attached to an area; while the trigonometrical method with the transformation of a trigonometrical formula has always seemed a little far fetched so early in analytical geometry.

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Copyright © Edinburgh Mathematical Society 1911