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Referee's report by Max Born, 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

Reference number: RR/71/44

Date: 1948

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Sectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. The paper deals with a problem of computation, rather than mathematical theory. Is not familiar with systematic computing, but finds the paper well written and interesting. Is happy to recommend the paper if a specialist like Kathleen Yardley Lonsdale finds the paper satisfactory. Suggests adding a foot note to clarify the title.

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

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RR/71/44
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1948
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Max Born, Referee's report by Max Born, 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/71/44, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_71_44/referees-report-by-max-born-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 09 December 2024

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