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Letter from Frank Smithies, on a paper 'The representation of analytic functions by infinite series' by W F Newns, to D C Martin, assistant secretary of the Royal Society

Reference number: RR/77/25

Date: 08 July 1952

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Paper reference code: A20

Returning Newns paper along with a formal referee report on it. Smithies believes that 'the case for publication is extremely strong'.

[Published in Philosophical Transactions A, 1953].

Received 10 July 1952

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RR/77/25
Earliest possible date
08 July 1952
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Letter on paper
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2 pages
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Typescript

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Letter from Frank Smithies, on a paper 'The representation of analytic functions by infinite series' by W F Newns, to D C Martin, assistant secretary of the Royal Society, 08 July 1952, RR/77/25, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_77_25/letter-from-frank-smithies-on-a-paper-the-representation-of-analytic-functions-by-infinite-series-by-w-f-newns-to-d-c-martin-assistant-secretary-of-the-royal-society, accessed on 23 March 2025

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