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Referee's report by William Fishburn Donkin on a paper 'On the equation of differences for an equation of any order, and in particular for the equations of the orders two, three, four, and five' by Arthur Cayley

Reference number: RR/4/38

Date: 16 May 1860

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Recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions. It is valuable.

Subject: Mathematics.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions, 1860].

Reference number
RR/4/38
Earliest possible date
16 May 1860
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Letter on paper
Page extent
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 the equation of differences for an equation of any order, and in particular for the equations of the orders two, three, four, and five' by Arthur Cayley, 16 May 1860, RR/4/38, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_38/referees-report-by-william-fishburn-donkin-on-a-paper-on-the-equation-of-differences-for-an-equation-of-any-order-and-in-particular-for-the-equations-of-the-orders-two-three-four-and-five-by-arthur-cayley, accessed on 15 March 2025

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