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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Suggests the authors clearly emphasise the limitations of the study.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1932]

Endorsed on verso as received 11 May 1932.

Reference number
RR/46/4
Earliest possible date
May 1932
Physical description
Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Typescript

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Ronald Aylmer Fisher

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Ronald Aylmer Fisher, Referee's report by Ronald Aylmer Fisher, on a paper 'Contributions to the mathematical theory of epidemics. II. —The problem of endemicity' by William Ogilvy Kermack and A G McKendrick, May 1932, RR/46/4, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_46_4/referees-report-by-ronald-aylmer-fisher-on-a-paper-contributions-to-the-mathematical-theory-of-epidemics-ii-the-problem-of-endemicity-by-william-ogilvy-kermack-and-a-g-mckendrick, accessed on 15 February 2025

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