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Unpublished paper, 'On Clairautian functions and equations' by Allan Cunningham

Reference number: AP/58/10

Date: 1876

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Cunningham presents examples and definitions of Claurautian functions and equations: 'a Clairautian is a differential expression, the order and rank of which determine the orders of its highest and lowest differential coefficient', while 'it is proposed to term a differential equation involving Clairautian functions as a Clairautian equation.'

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Marked on front as 'Archives Nov 1/77'. Includes a page of directions for the printer.

Subject: Mathematics

Received 18 April 1876. Read 11 May 1876. Communicated by Arthur Cayley.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 25 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On clairautian functions and equations'.

Reference number
AP/58/10
Earliest possible date
1876
Physical description
Ink and graphite pencil on paper
Page extent
62 pages
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Manuscript

Creator name

Allan Cunningham

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Allan Cunningham, Unpublished paper, 'On Clairautian functions and equations' by Allan Cunningham, 1876, AP/58/10, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_58_10/unpublished-paper-on-clairautian-functions-and-equations-by-allan-cunningham, accessed on 16 September 2024

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