Letter, from George Paxton Young to Sir John Herschel, dated at Toronto, Canada West

Reference number: HS/18/445

Date: 16 February 1860

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Autograph letter signed by sender. Sends published paper containing GY's proof that roots of algebraic equations above fourth degree cannot be represented by finite functions, and showing how roots of fifth degree equations may be found. GY's method may be extended to all higher degrees.

Reference number: HS/18/445
Earliest possible date: 16 February 1860
Page extent: 3 pages
Format: Manuscript
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George Paxton Young

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George Paxton Young, Letter, from George Paxton Young to Sir John Herschel, dated at Toronto, Canada West, 16 February 1860, HS/18/445, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_18_445/letter-from-george-paxton-young-to-sir-john-herschel-dated-at-toronto-canada-west, accessed on 16 September 2026

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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 18 Wackerbarth-Zucchini
1815-1870 Reference number: HS/18

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This collection of nearly 10,900 letters, drafts, copies and notes is the largest repository of scientific correspondence from and to Sir John Herschel, leading figure of Victorian science.

Dates: 1807 - 1875

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