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Referee's report by Alexander Craig Aitken, on a paper 'Spectral theory for the differential equations of simple birth and death processes' by W Ledermann and G E H Reuter

Reference number: RR/77/247

Date: 26 December 1952

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Sectional committee: Mathematics

Paper reference code: A210

Recommended for publication in the Philosophical Transactions, with Aitken's comments to the Council, not the authors.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1954].

Date received not given.

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RR/77/247
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26 December 1952
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1 page
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Manuscript

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Alexander Craig Aitken, Referee's report by Alexander Craig Aitken, on a paper 'Spectral theory for the differential equations of simple birth and death processes' by W Ledermann and G E H Reuter, 26 December 1952, RR/77/247, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_77_247/referees-report-by-alexander-craig-aitken-on-a-paper-spectral-theory-for-the-differential-equations-of-simple-birth-and-death-processes-by-w-ledermann-and-g-e-h-reuter, accessed on 23 March 2025

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