Etymology of coefficient
Posted in Mathematics on September 11th, 2006 1 Comment »
As a result of a question asked about the history of the word “coefficient” I did a little personal research. Actually, I think I asked the question of myself in Intermediate Algebra and realized I didn’t know. Well, now I do.
From http://www.pballew.net/arithme9.html
Coefficient: A coefficient is a number, or variable, that is multiplies a [...]