Unpublished letter, regarding Benjamin Gompertz's critique from John Walsh to Davies Gilbert

Reference number: AP/10/22

Date: 05 May 1830

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Walsh responds to Benjamin Gompertz's remarks (AP/10/21) on Walsh's paper on the development of functions (AP/10/16). Walsh attempts to explain the aspects of his argument that Gompertz deemed unclear, using further examples and equations. Includes two diagrams in the text.

Subject: Mathematics

Written by Walsh in Leitrim Street, Cork [Ireland].

Reference number: AP/10/22
Earliest possible date: 05 May 1830
Physical description: Ink on paper
Page extent: 12 pages
Format: Manuscript

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Unpublished letter, regarding Benjamin Gompertz's critique from John Walsh to Davies Gilbert, 05 May 1830, AP/10/22, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_10_22/unpublished-letter-regarding-benjamin-gompertzs-critique-from-john-walsh-to-davies-gilbert, accessed on 13 October 2024

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Archived Papers
1768-1989 Reference number: AP
Archived papers: volume 10, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1820-1838
Reference number: AP/10

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