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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The results are all already well-known. Encloses separate report [RR/14/269].

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

Endorsed on recto as received 2 February 1899.

Reference number
RR/14/268
Earliest possible date
February 1899
Physical description
Standardised form (type A)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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William Burnside

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William Burnside, Referee's report by William Burnside, on a paper 'Sets of operations in relation to groups of finite order' by Alfred North Whitehead, February 1899, RR/14/268, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_268/referees-report-by-william-burnside-on-a-paper-sets-of-operations-in-relation-to-groups-of-finite-order-by-alfred-north-whitehead, accessed on 15 January 2025

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