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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. All the paper is relevant, as this is the first mathematical formulation of the method. Notes some minor criticisms. Suggests an alternative title, to make the contents clearer.

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

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Reference number
RR/71/40
Earliest possible date
1948
Physical description
Standardised form (type E)
Page extent
1 page
Format
Manuscript

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Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale

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Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale, Referee's report by Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale, on a paper 'The refinement of atomic parameters by the technique known in X-ray crystallography as ‘the method of steepest descents’' by A D Booth, 1948, RR/71/40, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_71_40/referees-report-by-kathleen-yardley-lonsdale-on-a-paper-the-refinement-of-atomic-parameters-by-the-technique-known-in-x-ray-crystallography-as-the-method-of-steepest-descents-by-a-d-booth, accessed on 10 November 2024

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