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Copied from Haak's letter
Stating that he has a new analytical example in mathematics; discussing Wilkinson's work on universal characters
Read to the Royal Society on 12 January 1680

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EL/L5/107
Earliest possible date
06 January 1681
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz

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Gottfried Wilhelm von Leibniz, Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, Letter, from Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz to Theodore Haak, 06 January 1681, EL/L5/107, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/el_l5_107/letter-from-gottfried-wilhelm-leibniz-to-theodore-haak, accessed on 12 November 2025

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