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Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On a theory of the syzygetic relations of two rational integral functions, comprising an application to the theory of Sturm’s functions, and that of the greatest algebraical common measure' by James Joseph Sylvester

Reference number: RR/2/232

Date: 16 July 1853

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Considers the paper will lead to further important investigations.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/2/232
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16 July 1853
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Cayley

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Arthur Cayley, Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On a theory of the syzygetic relations of two rational integral functions, comprising an application to the theory of Sturm’s functions, and that of the greatest algebraical common measure' by James Joseph Sylvester, 16 July 1853, RR/2/232, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_232/referees-report-by-arthur-cayley-on-a-paper-on-a-theory-of-the-syzygetic-relations-of-two-rational-integral-functions-comprising-an-application-to-the-theory-of-sturms-functions-and-that-of-the-greatest-algebraical-common-measure-by-james-joseph-sylvester, accessed on 21 January 2025

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