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Referee's report by Ernest William Hobson, on a paper 'Bessel function of large argument and index' by John Edensor Littlewood

Reference number: RR/17/415

Date: July 1909

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Not recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, needs modifications. Referee points out a potential error in a calculation.

[Not published].

Endorsed on verso as received 7 July 1909.

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RR/17/415
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July 1909
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Standardised form (type A) and note on paper
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3 pages
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Ernest William Hobson, Referee's report by Ernest William Hobson, on a paper 'Bessel function of large argument and index' by John Edensor Littlewood, July 1909, RR/17/415, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_17_415/referees-report-by-ernest-william-hobson-on-a-paper-bessel-function-of-large-argument-and-index-by-john-edensor-littlewood, accessed on 14 October 2024

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