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Referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'Ellipsoidal functions and their application to some wave problems' by E T Hanson

Reference number: RR/47/84

Date: November 1932

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions, as it contains 'matter worthy of permanent record'. However, he feels some doubt about recommending it as it won't be of interest to most people in the field. A second opinion should be sought.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1934].

Endorsed on verso as received 22 November 1932.

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RR/47/84
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November 1932
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Charles Galton Darwin, Referee's report by Charles Galton Darwin, on a paper 'Ellipsoidal functions and their application to some wave problems' by E T Hanson, November 1932, RR/47/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_47_84/referees-report-by-charles-galton-darwin-on-a-paper-ellipsoidal-functions-and-their-application-to-some-wave-problems-by-e-t-hanson, accessed on 18 July 2025

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