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Letter from E P Culverwell, on his paper 'On the discrimination of maxima and minima solutions in the calculus of variations' to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh

Reference number: RR/9/344

Date: 15 December 1886

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Has read the referee's suggestions for his paper, but he could not adopt them. He cannot leave out the sections suggested as they are necessary.

Subject: Mathematics

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

Reference number
RR/9/344
Earliest possible date
15 December 1886
Physical description
Letter on paper
Page extent
3 pages
Format
Manuscript

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Letter from E P Culverwell, on his paper 'On the discrimination of maxima and minima solutions in the calculus of variations' to John William Strutt, Lord Rayleigh, 15 December 1886, RR/9/344, The Royal Society Archives, London, https://makingscience.royalsociety.org/items/rr_9_344/letter-from-e-p-culverwell-on-his-paper-on-the-discrimination-of-maxima-and-minima-solutions-in-the-calculus-of-variations-to-john-william-strutt-lord-rayleigh, accessed on 09 December 2024

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