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are proportional to constant multiples of the square-roots of these expressions; viz.
the correspondence
is
$2 = ^13,
R\ —^3> R —^04»
Q=%,
Q. — ^03)
i\/a V[a],
i\/b\/[b],
i\/c y/[c], i </d V [d],
i\/e V[e\,
¿v / /V'[/l;
Ql = ^2,
Px = * 34,
P = * 01 , S = -* u ,
P 2 = % 3 ,
P,=%,
\/ab \/[ah],
\/ac \/[ac],
\/ad\/[ad], \/ae \/[ae],
Vbc V[bc],
Vbd s/[bd\;
S 3 = ^23j
Q3 ==< ^ r 0> R 3 = &4,
Rs= ^03 >
\/be y/[be],
\/cd \/[cd], \/ceV[ce],
\/ de \/[de];
where, under the signs ¿/, a signifies bcdef, that is, be . bd .be .bf. cd . ce. cf. de. df. ef,
and ab signifies abf.cde, that is, ab.af.bf.cd.ce.de, in which expressions be, bd, ...,
ab, af ... signify the differences b — c, b — d, ..., a — b, a —f, ... But in what follows,
we are not concerned with the values of these constant multipliers.
Prof. Borchardt’s coordinates x, y, z, w are
X — ^0 = P j y = ^23 = S» Z — 14 — S', W — 'Aj — P3 j
viz. P, S, P 3 , S s are a set connected by Gopel’s relation of the fourth order—and
this relation can be found (according to Gopel’s method) by showing that Q 2 and R 2
are each of them a linear function of the four squares P\ P ;i 2 , S' 2 , S 3 2 , and further
that QR is a linear function of PS and P 3 S 3 ; for then, squaring the expression of
QR, and for Q 1 and R 2 substituting their values, we have the required relation of
the fourth order between P, S, P 3 , S 3 .
Now we have P, S, P 3 , S 3 , Q, R = constant multiples of Vjoc], f\ab\ f\cd\
f[bd), V[6], V[c] respectively: and it of course follows that we must have the like
relations between these six quantities; viz. we must have [6], [c] each of them a
linear function of [ac\ [ab], [cd], [6d]; and moreover f [b] f[c] a linear function of
\/[ac] V[a6] and \/[bd] V[cd].
As regards this last relation, starting from the formulae
f [ac] = fZf' {^ ac fi'd'e + a cf'bde],
V[bd] = g Kbdfae'e' + \/b'df'ace},
f[ab] = jZf {^ a kfdd'e' + Va'bf'cde},
f[cd] = gZf' {'dcdfa b'e 1 + Vc'df'abe],