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Letter from Alfred George Greenhill, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'A class of functional invariants' by Andrew Russell Forsyth

Reference number: RR/10/167

Date: 17 November 1888

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If the author accepts the recommendations of Arthur Cayley, the paper will be an important contribution to the investigations of Georges Henri Halphen, James Joseph Sylvester and Edwin Bailey Elliott. Suggests the author make it clearer how his work joins up, and where it covers new ground.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1889]

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RR/10/167
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17 November 1888
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Letter on paper
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Alfred George Greenhill

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Alfred George Greenhill, Letter from Alfred George Greenhill, to John William Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh, regarding a paper 'A class of functional invariants' by Andrew Russell Forsyth, 17 November 1888, RR/10/167, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_10_167/letter-from-alfred-george-greenhill-to-john-william-strutt-3rd-baron-rayleigh-regarding-a-paper-a-class-of-functional-invariants-by-andrew-russell-forsyth, accessed on 17 January 2026

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