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Letter from George Peacock, to Samuel Hunter Christie, regarding a paper 'On the resolution of numerical equations' by Joseph Agar

Reference number: RR/1bis/5

Date: 11 May 1845

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Has found the paper difficult to understand. Sees the author has criticised the work of others, but described his own method unintelligibly.

Subject: Mathematics

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

Reference number
RR/1bis/5
Earliest possible date
11 May 1845
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Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
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Manuscript

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George Peacock

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George Peacock, Letter from George Peacock, to Samuel Hunter Christie, regarding a paper 'On the resolution of numerical equations' by Joseph Agar, 11 May 1845, RR/1bis/5, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_1bis_5/letter-from-george-peacock-to-samuel-hunter-christie-regarding-a-paper-on-the-resolution-of-numerical-equations-by-joseph-agar, accessed on 20 March 2025

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