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Referee's report by William Fishburn Donkin, on three papers 'A memoir on the theory of matrices'; 'A memoir on the automorphic linear transformation of a bipartite quadric function'; 'On certain forumlae for diferentiation' by Arthur Cayley

Reference number: RR/3/57

Date: 12 April 1858

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Recommends 'A memoir on the theory of the matrcies' for publication in Philosopical Transactions.
Recommends 'A memoir on the automorphic linear transformation of a bipartite quadric function' for publication in Philosophical Transaction.
Recommends 'On certain forumlae for diferentiation' for publication in Philosophical Transactions.

Subject: Mathematics

'A memoir on the theory of the matrices' published in Philosopical Transactions, 1858]
[A memoir on the automorphic linear transformation of a bipartite quadric function' published in Philosopical Transactions, 1858]
['On certain formulae for differentiation' published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1857]

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RR/3/57
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12 April 1858
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Letter on paper
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8 pages
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Manuscript

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William Fishburn Donkin

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William Fishburn Donkin, Referee's report by William Fishburn Donkin, on three papers 'A memoir on the theory of matrices'; 'A memoir on the automorphic linear transformation of a bipartite quadric function'; 'On certain forumlae for diferentiation' by Arthur Cayley, 12 April 1858, RR/3/57, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_3_57/referees-report-by-william-fishburn-donkin-on-three-papers-a-memoir-on-the-theory-of-matrices-a-memoir-on-the-automorphic-linear-transformation-of-a-bipartite-quadric-function-on-certain-forumlae-for-diferentiation-by-arthur-cayley, accessed on 03 December 2024

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