Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'On the extension of the principle of Fermat’s theorem of the polygonal numbers to the higher orders of series whose ultimate differences are constant. With a new theorem proposed, applicable to all the orders' by Jonathan Frederick Pollock
Reference number: RR/2/188
Date: 08 April 1850
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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Finds the paper hard to understand. Comments about 'intolerably dull' physiology papers. 'I wish there was one medical [illegible] where the majority of them could appear'.
Subject: Mathematics
[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
- Reference number
- RR/2/188
- Earliest possible date
- 08 April 1850
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- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 4 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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George Peacock, Referee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'On the extension of the principle of Fermat’s theorem of the polygonal numbers to the higher orders of series whose ultimate differences are constant. With a new theorem proposed, applicable to all the orders' by Jonathan Frederick Pollock, 08 April 1850, RR/2/188, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_188/referees-report-by-george-peacock-on-a-paper-on-the-extension-of-the-principle-of-fermats-theorem-of-the-polygonal-numbers-to-the-higher-orders-of-series-whose-ultimate-differences-are-constant-with-a-new-theorem-proposed-applicable-to-all-the-orders-by-jonathan-frederick-pollock, accessed on 23 January 2025
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Unpublished paper, 'On the extension of the principle of Fermat's theorem (of the polygonal numbers) to the higher orders of series whose ultimate differences are constant - with a new theorem proposed, applicable to all the orders' by Frederick Pollock
Creator: Jonathan Frederick Pollock Reference number: AP/32/15
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Referees' reports: volume 2, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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George Peacock
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