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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

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

Endorsed on verso as received 4 February 1907.

Reference number
RR/17/239
Earliest possible date
February 1907
Physical description
Standardised form (type C)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

Creator name

William Burnside

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William Burnside, Referee's report by William Burnside, on a paper 'On the theory of correlation for any number of variables, treated by a new system of notation' by George Udny Yule, February 1907, RR/17/239, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_239/referees-report-by-william-burnside-on-a-paper-on-the-theory-of-correlation-for-any-number-of-variables-treated-by-a-new-system-of-notation-by-george-udny-yule, accessed on 12 July 2025

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