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Paper, 'On certain definite integrals. No 15' by W H L [William Henry Leighton] Russell

Reference number: PP/10/58

Date: 1887

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Russell writes: 'Mr Fox Talbot’s researches on the comparison of transcendents are well known. The following are founded on the same principle, applied in a different manner:— a1x^3 + b1y^3 + c1z^3 = e1, a2x^3 + b2y^3 + c2z^3 = e2, be two equations connecting the variables x, y, and z.'

Annotations in pencil and ink.

Subject: Mathematics

Received and read 16 June 1887.

A version of this paper was published in volume 42 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On certain definite integrals. No. 15'.

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PP/10/58
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1887
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William Henry Leighton Russell, Paper, 'On certain definite integrals. No 15' by W H L [William Henry Leighton] Russell, 1887, PP/10/58, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pp_10_58/paper-on-certain-definite-integrals-no-15-by-w-h-l-william-henry-leighton-russell, accessed on 22 March 2025

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