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Letter from Joseph Agar, regarding a paper 'On the resolution of numerical equations' by Joseph Agar

Reference number: RR/1bis/4

Date: 07 March 1845

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Has adopted many of the suggestions and made the alterations in red ink. Requests that the specific problems with the method be pointed out. Discusses the calculations and methods. Considers dividing the paper into portions would cause confusion. Refers to work of Ferdinand François Désiré Budan de Boislaurent.

Subject: Mathematics

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

Reference number
RR/1bis/4
Earliest possible date
07 March 1845
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
4 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from Joseph Agar, regarding a paper 'On the resolution of numerical equations' by Joseph Agar, 07 March 1845, RR/1bis/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1bis_4/letter-from-joseph-agar-regarding-a-paper-on-the-resolution-of-numerical-equations-by-joseph-agar, accessed on 06 December 2024

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