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Report by Alfred North Whitehead, on his paper by 'Mathematical concepts of the material world'

Reference number: RR/16/403

Date: December 1905

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Comments from the author, on the referee's comments. He cannot undertake the change that the referee recommends, as the paper is already presented in a 'convenient' manner for a careful student. He has added references to the paper. One referee suggested that the theoretical symbols should be collected on one page for early reference. He has not been able to do this, as he has already compressed the symbols as much as possible.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1906].

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RR/16/403
Earliest possible date
December 1905
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Report on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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Report by Alfred North Whitehead, on his paper by 'Mathematical concepts of the material world', December 1905, RR/16/403, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_16_403/report-by-alfred-north-whitehead-on-his-paper-by-mathematical-concepts-of-the-material-world, accessed on 20 April 2025

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