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Referee's report by Harold Jeffreys and Frank Smithies, on a paper 'Some remarks on integral equations with kernels: L (?1 -x1,..., ?n -xn; a)' by Georg Kreisel

Reference number: RR/71/172

Date: 1948

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Not recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Has sought advice from Frank Smithies. Provides detailed criticism of the mathematics of the paper. Suggests more attention should be paid to detail of the mathematics and precision of the statements.

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

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RR/71/172
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1948
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Standardised form (type E) and letter on paper
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Harold Jeffreys, Referee's report by Harold Jeffreys and Frank Smithies, on a paper 'Some remarks on integral equations with kernels: L (?1 -x1,..., ?n -xn; a)' by Georg Kreisel, 1948, RR/71/172, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_71_172/referees-report-by-harold-jeffreys-and-frank-smithies-on-a-paper-some-remarks-on-integral-equations-with-kernels-l-1-x1-n-xn-a-by-georg-kreisel, accessed on 24 March 2025

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