Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'On certain functions connected with tesseral harmonics, with applications' by A H Leahy
Reference number: RR/12/168
Date: 24 October 1894

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No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The labour expended is out of proportion to the difficulty and importance of the subject. Suggests simplifying the methods and reducing the length of the paper. The final parts of the paper should be published separately.
Subject: Mathematics
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', 1894]
- Reference number
- RR/12/168
- Earliest possible date
- 24 October 1894
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- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 6 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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William Davidson Niven, Referee's report by William Davidson Niven, on a paper 'On certain functions connected with tesseral harmonics, with applications' by A H Leahy, 24 October 1894, RR/12/168, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_12_168/referees-report-by-william-davidson-niven-on-a-paper-on-certain-functions-connected-with-tesseral-harmonics-with-applications-by-a-h-leahy, accessed on 06 February 2025
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III. On certain functions connected with tesseral harmonics, with applications External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1894
DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1894.0076
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Referees' reports: volume 12, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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