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Paper, 'Consideration of various points of analysis on the calculus of generating functions' by John F W [Frederick William] Herschel

Reference number: PT/8/23

Date: 29 January 1814

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Subject: Mathematics

Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'Consideration of various points of analysis'.

Written by Herschel in London. Read 19 May 1814.

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PT/8/23
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29 January 1814
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25 pages
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Manuscript

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John Frederick William Herschel

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John Frederick William Herschel, Paper, 'Consideration of various points of analysis on the calculus of generating functions' by John F W [Frederick William] Herschel, 29 January 1814, PT/8/23, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/pt_8_23/paper-consideration-of-various-points-of-analysis-on-the-calculus-of-generating-functions-by-john-f-w-frederick-william-herschel, accessed on 16 January 2025

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