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Extract of a letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Theodore Haak

Reference number: EL/L5/103

Date: 01 February 1680

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Discussion of Pelli's theory of mathematics; discussing quartam characters and other algebraic characters
Read to the Royal Society on 15 April 1680

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EL/L5/103
Earliest possible date
01 February 1680
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3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Extract of a letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Theodore Haak, 01 February 1680, EL/L5/103, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_103/extract-of-a-letter-from-gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz-to-theodore-haak, accessed on 10 September 2026

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