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Referee's report by Ernest William Hobson, on a paper [attributed] 'Tables for the solution of the equation d2y/dx2 + 1/x · dy/dx - (1 + n2/x2) y = 0' by W Steadman Aldis

Reference number: RR/14/4

Date: 1898

Description

No clear statement regarding publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Refers to work of Gray[?], Matthews [?], Hermann Hankel, Heinrich Martin Weber, Rudolf Otto Sigismund Lipschitz and Miers [?]. Suggests the formulae be arranged in accordance with Gray and Matthews.

Subject: Mathematics

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

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RR/14/4
Earliest possible date
1898
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Letter on paper
Page extent
8 pages
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Manuscript

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Ernest William Hobson

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Ernest William Hobson, Referee's report by Ernest William Hobson, on a paper [attributed] 'Tables for the solution of the equation d2y/dx2 + 1/x · dy/dx - (1 + n2/x2) y = 0' by W Steadman Aldis, 1898, RR/14/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_14_4/referees-report-by-ernest-william-hobson-on-a-paper-attributed-tables-for-the-solution-of-the-equation-d2ydx2-1x-dydx-1-n2x2-y-0-by-w-steadman-aldis, accessed on 07 December 2024

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