Paper, 'On the equation of differences for an equation of any order and in particular for the equations of the orders two three four and five' by A [Arthur] Cayley
Reference number: PT/60/6
Date: 1860
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Subject: Mathematics
Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'On the equation of differences for an equation of any order, and in particular for the equations of the orders two, three, four, and five'.
Received by the Royal Society on 2 March 1860. Read 29 March 1860.
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 10, 1860.
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- PT/60/6
- Earliest possible date
- 1860
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- 27 pages
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- Manuscript
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Arthur Cayley, Paper, 'On the equation of differences for an equation of any order and in particular for the equations of the orders two three four and five' by A [Arthur] Cayley, 1860, PT/60/6, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_60_6/paper-on-the-equation-of-differences-for-an-equation-of-any-order-and-in-particular-for-the-equations-of-the-orders-two-three-four-and-five-by-a-arthur-cayley, accessed on 07 June 2026
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Manuscripts of papers published in Philosophical Transactions, 1860
November 1858 - July 1860 Reference number: PT/60
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