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

Reference number: RR/17/324

Date: April 1909

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, with modification.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1909].

Endorsed on verso as received 26 April 1909.

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RR/17/324
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April 1909
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2 pages
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Ernest William Hobson

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Ernest William Hobson, Referee's report by Ernest William Hobson, on a paper 'Functions of positive and negative type' by James Mercer, April 1909, RR/17/324, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_324/referees-report-by-ernest-william-hobson-on-a-paper-functions-of-positive-and-negative-type-by-james-mercer, accessed on 14 December 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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