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Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the mysteries of numbers alluded to by Fermat' by Jonathan Frederick Pollock

Reference number: RR/5/196

Date: 19 January 1865

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The proof could be explained more concisely.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1867]

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RR/5/196
Earliest possible date
19 January 1865
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Letter on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Cayley

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Arthur Cayley, Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the mysteries of numbers alluded to by Fermat' by Jonathan Frederick Pollock, 19 January 1865, RR/5/196, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_196/referees-report-by-arthur-cayley-on-a-paper-on-the-mysteries-of-numbers-alluded-to-by-fermat-by-jonathan-frederick-pollock, accessed on 12 October 2024

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