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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
Earliest possible date
07 February 1861
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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William Spottiswoode

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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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