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Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the mysteries of numbers alluded to by Fermat' by Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet

Reference number: RR/6/233

Date: 02 April 1866

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Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Suggests publication in the Proceedings. Has sent a note back, containing 'the gist of it', but as it is 'written out quite roughly' it is only for the author's or Secretary's benefit. Asks for the note's return once it has been examined.

Subject: Mathematics

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

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RR/6/233
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02 April 1866
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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 Sir Jonathan Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet, 02 April 1866, RR/6/233, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_233/referees-report-by-arthur-cayley-on-a-paper-on-the-mysteries-of-numbers-alluded-to-by-fermat-by-sir-jonathan-frederick-pollock-1st-baronet, accessed on 16 July 2025

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    Dates: 1832 - 1954

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