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Referee's report by Herbet Western Turnbull, on a paper 'The characters of a collineation group in five dimensions' by John Arthur Todd

Reference number: RR/72/263

Date: 1949

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in Proceedings. It is an interesting paper that includes novel experimental methods. The author has shown 'skill and ingenuity' and the details of the paper seems accurate.The subject should be of interest to all types of mathematicians.

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1950].

Date received not given.

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RR/72/263
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1949
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Standardised form (type E)
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2 pages
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Herbert Westren Turnbull

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Herbert Westren Turnbull, Referee's report by Herbet Western Turnbull, on a paper 'The characters of a collineation group in five dimensions' by John Arthur Todd, 1949, RR/72/263, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_263/referees-report-by-herbet-western-turnbull-on-a-paper-the-characters-of-a-collineation-group-in-five-dimensions-by-john-arthur-todd, accessed on 22 January 2025

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