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Second referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the diameters of a plane cubic' by John James Walker

Reference number: RR/10/104

Date: 22 November 1887

Description

On-rereading the paper, still believes it to be poorly written, but the results are of greater value than first realised.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1888]

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RR/10/104
Earliest possible date
22 November 1887
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Cayley

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Arthur Cayley, Second referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the diameters of a plane cubic' by John James Walker, 22 November 1887, RR/10/104, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_104/second-referees-report-by-arthur-cayley-on-a-paper-on-the-diameters-of-a-plane-cubic-by-john-james-walker, accessed on 09 October 2024

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