Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Isaac Todhunter, dated at Collingwood
Reference number: HS/24/139
Date: 19 January 1866
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Copy of a letter. Describes the problem of 'probability of three points on a plane forming an acute triangle.' Notes Augustus De Morgan has the same solution to the problem.
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- HS/24/139
- Earliest possible date
- 19 January 1866
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- 2 pages
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- Manuscript
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John Frederick William Herschel, Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Isaac Todhunter, dated at Collingwood, 19 January 1866, HS/24/139, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/hs_24_139/copy-letter-from-sir-john-herschel-to-isaac-todhunter-dated-at-collingwood, accessed on 12 December 2024
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This item is part of:
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Correspondence of Sir John Frederick William Herschel
1812-1870 Creator: Sir; John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS -
Correspondence of John Frederick William Herschel: volume 24 Copies of outgoing letters
1873-1875 Reference number: HS/24
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John Frederick William Herschel
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Isaac Todhunter
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