Letter from George Boole, on a paper 'On some remarkable relations which obtain among the roots of the four squares into which a number may be divided, as compared with the corresponding roots of certain other numbers' by Frederick Pollock
Reference number: RR/3/217
Date: 04 October 1858
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Refers to his enclosed report on the paper and apologises for how long he has had it.
Subject: Mathematics
[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1859].
- Reference number
- RR/3/217
- Earliest possible date
- 04 October 1858
- Physical description
- Letter on paper
- Page extent
- 2 pages
- Format
- Manuscript
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George Boole, Letter from George Boole, on a paper 'On some remarkable relations which obtain among the roots of the four squares into which a number may be divided, as compared with the corresponding roots of certain other numbers' by Frederick Pollock, 04 October 1858, RR/3/217, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_217/letter-from-george-boole-on-a-paper-on-some-remarkable-relations-which-obtain-among-the-roots-of-the-four-squares-into-which-a-number-may-be-divided-as-compared-with-the-corresponding-roots-of-certain-other-numbers-by-frederick-pollock, accessed on 13 January 2026
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