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Letter from George Frederick James Temple, on a paper 'The hodograph transformation in trans-sonic flow. II. Auxiliary theorems on the hypergeometric functions' by Michael James Lighthill to David Christie Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/70/155

Date: 20 May 1947

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He has examined the tables and has decided that they should be published. The paper should be published consecutively.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1947].

Endorsed on recto as received 21 May 1947.

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RR/70/155
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20 May 1947
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George Frederick James Temple

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George Frederick James Temple, Letter from George Frederick James Temple, on a paper 'The hodograph transformation in trans-sonic flow. II. Auxiliary theorems on the hypergeometric functions' by Michael James Lighthill to David Christie Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 20 May 1947, RR/70/155, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_70_155/letter-from-george-frederick-james-temple-on-a-paper-the-hodograph-transformation-in-trans-sonic-flow-ii-auxiliary-theorems-on-the-hypergeometric-functions-by-michael-james-lighthill-to-david-christie-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 25 January 2026

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