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Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, 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/2/233

Date: 05 August 1853

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

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RR/2/233
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05 August 1853
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Manuscript

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William Spottiswoode

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William Spottiswoode, Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, 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, 05 August 1853, RR/2/233, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_2_233/referees-report-by-william-spottiswoode-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 13 January 2025

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