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Referee's report by John Edensor Littlewood, on a paper 'An extension of Waring's problems' by E Maitland Wright

Reference number: RR/46/121

Date: August 1932

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Does not think the paper can be shortened. Makes some suggestions regarding the mathematical notation.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 1934]

Endorsed on verso as received 24 August 1932.

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RR/46/121
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August 1932
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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John Edensor Littlewood

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John Edensor Littlewood, Referee's report by John Edensor Littlewood, on a paper 'An extension of Waring's problems' by E Maitland Wright, August 1932, RR/46/121, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_46_121/referees-report-by-john-edensor-littlewood-on-a-paper-an-extension-of-warings-problems-by-e-maitland-wright, accessed on 11 October 2026

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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