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Referee's report by Alexander Craig Aitken, on a paper 'The summation of infinite harmonic series' by Frederick Soddy

Reference number: RR/68/255

Date: 11 November 1942

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Refers to work of George Chrystal, who is treated unfairly in the paper. Suggests amending the title and the first paragraph of the paper. 'The paper itself lies in a moderately interesting backwater of mathematics' but deserves publication. Refers to results of Leonhard Euler and James Whitbread Lee Glaisher. Does not like the style, nor the condescending attitide, of the paper.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

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RR/68/255
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11 November 1942
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2 pages
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Alexander Craig Aitken, Referee's report by Alexander Craig Aitken, on a paper 'The summation of infinite harmonic series' by Frederick Soddy, 11 November 1942, RR/68/255, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_255/referees-report-by-alexander-craig-aitken-on-a-paper-the-summation-of-infinite-harmonic-series-by-frederick-soddy, accessed on 24 June 2025

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    This collection contains reports on scientific papers submitted for publication to the Royal Society. Started in 1832 when the system was formalised, it is a record of the origins of peer review publishing in practice.

    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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