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Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the discrimination of maxima and minima solutions in the calculus of variations' by E P Culverwell

Reference number: RR/9/342

Date: 05 July 1886

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Not recommended for publication in it's current form as it is 'a great deal too long'. The paper should be cut down in length and corrected in parts.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, 1886].

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RR/9/342
Earliest possible date
05 July 1886
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Report on paper
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4 pages
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Manuscript

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Arthur Cayley

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Arthur Cayley, Referee's report by Arthur Cayley, on a paper 'On the discrimination of maxima and minima solutions in the calculus of variations' by E P Culverwell, 05 July 1886, RR/9/342, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_342/referees-report-by-arthur-cayley-on-a-paper-on-the-discrimination-of-maxima-and-minima-solutions-in-the-calculus-of-variations-by-e-p-culverwell, accessed on 09 December 2024

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