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Second referee's report by Edmund Taylor Whittaker, on a paper 'Linear transformations of sequences' by Richard Rado

Reference number: RR/56/84

Date: 04 December 1935

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Thinks some of the manuscript is missing. The points of criticism have not been addressed, especially regarding fonts and setting suitable for English composition. Suggests the use of German letters be reduced as far as possible, and all symbols correctly set for English printing.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 6 December 1935.

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RR/56/84
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04 December 1935
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Standardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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3 pages
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Manuscript

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Edmund Taylor Whittaker

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Edmund Taylor Whittaker, Second referee's report by Edmund Taylor Whittaker, on a paper 'Linear transformations of sequences' by Richard Rado, 04 December 1935, RR/56/84, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_56_84/second-referees-report-by-edmund-taylor-whittaker-on-a-paper-linear-transformations-of-sequences-by-richard-rado, accessed on 08 July 2025

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