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Referee's report by James Joseph Sylvester, on a paper 'Addition to the memoir on Tschirnhausen's transformation' by Arthur Cayley

Reference number: RR/6/51

Date: 17 February 1866

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Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is an important supplement to the author's earlier paper.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Reference number
RR/6/51
Earliest possible date
17 February 1866
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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James Joseph Sylvester

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James Joseph Sylvester, Referee's report by James Joseph Sylvester, on a paper 'Addition to the memoir on Tschirnhausen's transformation' by Arthur Cayley, 17 February 1866, RR/6/51, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_6_51/referees-report-by-james-joseph-sylvester-on-a-paper-addition-to-the-memoir-on-tschirnhausens-transformation-by-arthur-cayley, accessed on 12 May 2026

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