Unpublished paper, 'On the number of figures in the period of the reciprocal of each prime number between 60,000 and 110,000' by William Shanks
Reference number: AP/60/16
Date: 1876-1879
Description
Shanks shares tables showing the number of figures in the period of the reciprocal of each prime number between 60,000 and 110,000.
Includes a letter dated 4 April 1879.
Subject: Mathematics
Received 22 February 1877 / 15 November 1877 / 2 April 1879.
- Reference number
- AP/60/16
- Earliest possible date
- 1876-1879
- Physical description
- Ink on paper
- Page extent
- 18 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Shanks, Unpublished paper, 'On the number of figures in the period of the reciprocal of each prime number between 60,000 and 110,000' by William Shanks, 1876-1879, AP/60/16, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/ap_60_16/unpublished-paper-on-the-number-of-figures-in-the-period-of-the-reciprocal-of-each-prime-number-between-60000-and-110000-by-william-shanks, accessed on 16 August 2026
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Archived papers: volume 60, scientific papers submitted the Royal Society unpublished or abstracted, 1877-1879
1877-1879 Reference number: AP/60
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