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Referee's report by William Burnside, on a paper 'Functions of positive and negative type' by James Mercer

Reference number: RR/17/322

Date: January 1908

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Not fully recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, parts two and three are suitable, but part four isn't. Includes further notes.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1909].

Endorsed on verso as received 23 January 1908.

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RR/17/322
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January 1908
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Standardised form (type A) and note on paper
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5 pages
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Manuscript

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William Burnside

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William Burnside, Referee's report by William Burnside, on a paper 'Functions of positive and negative type' by James Mercer, January 1908, RR/17/322, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_322/referees-report-by-william-burnside-on-a-paper-functions-of-positive-and-negative-type-by-james-mercer, accessed on 19 January 2025

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