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Paper, 'Analytical researches connected with Steiner's extension of Malfatti's problem' by Arthur Cayley

Reference number: PT/44/2

Date: 01 April 1852

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29 manuscript pages including one unpublished figure.

Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Analytical researches connected with Steiner’s extension of Malfatti’s problem'.

Written by Arthur Cayley at 2 Stone Buildings [Lincoln's Inn, London]. Communicated by J J [James Joseph] Sylvester. Received by the Royal Society on 12 April 1852. Read 27 May 1852.

Abstract published in Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society of London], Volume 6, 1854.

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PT/44/2
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01 April 1852
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29 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Cayley

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Arthur Cayley, Paper, 'Analytical researches connected with Steiner's extension of Malfatti's problem' by Arthur Cayley, 01 April 1852, PT/44/2, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_44_2/paper-analytical-researches-connected-with-steiners-extension-of-malfattis-problem-by-arthur-cayley, accessed on 08 May 2026

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