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Referee's report by Alfred Cardew Dixon, on a paper 'On approximation by polygons in the calculus of variations' by L C Young

Reference number: RR/51/148

Date: April 1933

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', after revision. No example of the application of the theory is given. Provides detailed list of criticisms, including the mathematics. Refers to work of Norbert Wiener, Johann Karl August Radon and Charles-Jean Étienne Gustave Nicolas, baron de la Vallée Poussin.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1933]

Endorsed on verso as received 19 April 1933.

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RR/51/148
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April 1933
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Alfred Cardew Dixon, Referee's report by Alfred Cardew Dixon, on a paper 'On approximation by polygons in the calculus of variations' by L C Young, April 1933, RR/51/148, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_51_148/referees-report-by-alfred-cardew-dixon-on-a-paper-on-approximation-by-polygons-in-the-calculus-of-variations-by-l-c-young, accessed on 19 January 2025

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