A function machine is a way of writing rules using a flow diagram. The equation \(3j - 6 = 9\) can be shown on a function machine by writing out the functions that have been applied to \(j\) in the ...

Often in algebra we have an equation that we want to solve. This frequently involves manipulating the equation in various different ways to achieve a desired outcome. Key fact The golden rule when ...

SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics, Vol. 31, No. 4 (Dec., 1976), pp. 579-585 (7 pages) Necessary and sufficient conditions for existence and expressions for general Hermitian and nonnegative definite ...