Unpublished paper, 'Researches on the theory of invariants' by William Spottiswoode
Reference number: AP/37/21
Date: 1854

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Invariants may be regarded from two points of view, the permutational and the functional. According to the former they are considered as arising from a process of permutation, according to the latter as derivatives from other functions. Spottiswoode adopts the latter course, and demonstrates his method.
Annotations in pencil and ink throughout.
Subject: Mathematics
Received 20 December 1854. Read 18 January 1855.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 7 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'Researches on the theory of invariants'.
- Reference number
- AP/37/21
- Earliest possible date
- 1854
- Physical description
- Ink and graphite pencil on paper
- Page extent
- 61 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Spottiswoode, Unpublished paper, 'Researches on the theory of invariants' by William Spottiswoode, 1854, AP/37/21, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_37_21/unpublished-paper-researches-on-the-theory-of-invariants-by-william-spottiswoode, accessed on 18 February 2025
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Date: 31st December 1856
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1854.0054
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Archived papers: volume 37, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1853-1855
1853-1855 Reference number: AP/37
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