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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', in an abridged form. Much of the work has already been done by others. Refers to work of Christian Felix Klein and Wolfgang Ernst Pauli. Suggests better reference be made to previous work of others. The only new information relates to mesons, which would form a paper half the length of the current one.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

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

No received date.

Reference number
RR/68/459
Earliest possible date
1944
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
2 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac

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Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, Referee's report by Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, on a paper 'A study of the nature of the field theories of the electron and positron and of the meson' by H T Flint, 1944, RR/68/459, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_68_459/referees-report-by-paul-adrien-maurice-dirac-on-a-paper-a-study-of-the-nature-of-the-field-theories-of-the-electron-and-positron-and-of-the-meson-by-h-t-flint, accessed on 15 January 2025

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