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]
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- 28 April 1864
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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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DOI: 10.1098/rstl.1864.0017
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Referees' reports: volume 5, peer reviews of scientific papers submitted to the Royal Society for publication
1863-1865 Reference number: RR/5
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