Unpublished paper, 'On the laws of operation, and the systematisation of mathematics' Alexander J [John] Ellis

Description

Ellis aims to give a firmer basis to the calculus of operations, to assign the strict limits and connexion of the mathematical sciences, and to found them upon purely inductive considerations, without any metaphysical or a priori reasoning.

Marked on front as 'Archives G G S [George Gabriel Stokes]'.

Subject: Mathematics

Received 26 May 1859. Communicated by Archibald Smith.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 10 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the laws of operation, and the systematization of mathematics'.

Reference number

AP/42/9

Earliest possible date

1859

Physical description

Ink on paper

Page extent

198 pages

Format

Manuscript