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Referee's report by William Fishburn Donkin, on a paper 'On simultaneous differential equations of the first order in which the number of the variables exceeds by more than one the number of the equations' by George Boole

Reference number: RR/4/14

Date: 28 June 1862

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. The 'processes are interesting' and 'the problem proposed appears to be, theoretically, completely solved'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1862].

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RR/4/14
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28 June 1862
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Letter on paper
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4 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 a paper 'On simultaneous differential equations of the first order in which the number of the variables exceeds by more than one the number of the equations' by George Boole, 28 June 1862, RR/4/14, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_14/referees-report-by-william-fishburn-donkin-on-a-paper-on-simultaneous-differential-equations-of-the-first-order-in-which-the-number-of-the-variables-exceeds-by-more-than-one-the-number-of-the-equations-by-george-boole, accessed on 09 December 2024

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