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Referee's report by Rudolf Ernst Peierls, on a paper 'Kinetic theory of diffusion in gases and liquids' by L M Yang

Reference number: RR/71/287

Date: 1948

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. The paper is 'substantially unchanged' since he wrote the first report. The author has cleared up a few of the points but he is still unsure if the paper is a considerable contribution to the problem. Lists modifications.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1949].

Date received not given.

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RR/71/287
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1948
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Standardised form (type E) and note on paper
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3 pages
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Typescript
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Rudolf Ernst Peierls

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Rudolf Ernst Peierls, Referee's report by Rudolf Ernst Peierls, on a paper 'Kinetic theory of diffusion in gases and liquids' by L M Yang, 1948, RR/71/287, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_71_287/referees-report-by-rudolf-ernst-peierls-on-a-paper-kinetic-theory-of-diffusion-in-gases-and-liquids-by-l-m-yang, accessed on 26 April 2025

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