Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on two papers 'On an extension of Arbogast’s method of derivations' and 'On the equation for the product of the differences of all but one of the roots of a given equation' by Arthur Cayley
Reference number: RR/4/49
Date: 07 February 1861

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Both recommended for publication in Philosophical Transactions.
Subject: Mathematics.
[Both published in Philosophical Transactions, 1862].
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- RR/4/49
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- 07 February 1861
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William Spottiswoode, Referee's report by William Spottiswoode, on two papers 'On an extension of Arbogast’s method of derivations' and 'On the equation for the product of the differences of all but one of the roots of a given equation' by Arthur Cayley, 07 February 1861, RR/4/49, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_4_49/referees-report-by-william-spottiswoode-on-two-papers-on-an-extension-of-arbogasts-method-of-derivations-and-on-the-equation-for-the-product-of-the-differences-of-all-but-one-of-the-roots-of-a-given-equation-by-arthur-cayley, accessed on 15 March 2025
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II. On an extension of Arbogast’s method of derivations External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1861
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1861.0003
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III. On the equation for the product of the differences of all but one of the roots of a given equation External link, opens in new tab.
Date: 31st December 1861
DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1861.0004
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Paper, 'On an extension of Arbogast's method of derivations' by A [Arthur] Cayley
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Referees' reports: volume 4, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
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