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Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'Algebraical researches, containing a disquisition on Newton’s rule for the discovery of imaginary roots, and an allied rule applicable to a particular class of equations, together with a complete invariantive determination of the character of the roots of the general equation of the fifth degree, &c' by James Joseph Sylvester

Reference number: RR/5/267

Date: 28 April 1864

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, 1864]

Reference number
RR/5/267
Earliest possible date
28 April 1864
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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 'Algebraical researches, containing a disquisition on Newton’s rule for the discovery of imaginary roots, and an allied rule applicable to a particular class of equations, together with a complete invariantive determination of the character of the roots of the general equation of the fifth degree, &c' by James Joseph Sylvester, 28 April 1864, RR/5/267, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_5_267/referees-report-by-arthur-cayley-on-a-paper-algebraical-researches-containing-a-disquisition-on-newtons-rule-for-the-discovery-of-imaginary-roots-and-an-allied-rule-applicable-to-a-particular-class-of-equations-together-with-a-complete-invariantive-determination-of-the-character-of-the-roots-of-the-general-equation-of-the-fifth-degree-c-by-james-joseph-sylvester, accessed on 24 March 2025

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