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Letter from Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, on a paper 'On the stochastic theory of continuous parametric systems and its application to electron cascades' by Homi Jehangir Bhabha to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/72/32

Date: 03 November 1949

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Has spoke to Peierls and they are largely in agreement. The author should give references to other researchers who have made mistakes in the method. The paper could be shortened.

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

Endorsed on recto as received 4 November 1949.

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RR/72/32
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03 November 1949
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Letter on paper
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Letter from Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, on a paper 'On the stochastic theory of continuous parametric systems and its application to electron cascades' by Homi Jehangir Bhabha to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society, 03 November 1949, RR/72/32, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_72_32/letter-from-paul-adrien-maurice-dirac-on-a-paper-on-the-stochastic-theory-of-continuous-parametric-systems-and-its-application-to-electron-cascades-by-homi-jehangir-bhabha-to-d-c-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 23 January 2026

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