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RefNoMS/603/7/15
Previous numbers1045
LevelItem
TitleLetter from W J [William John] Johnston, 26 St John Street, Oxford, to [Joseph] Larmor
CreatorJohnson; William Johson (1858-1924); Irish mathematician
RecipientLarmor; Sir Joseph (1857-1942); Irish theoretical physicist
Date19 September 1923
DescriptionHe is ashamed to trouble Larmor with mathematical work, but in trying for a simple account of tensors it was 'no more than the pursuit of a mare's nest'. He has found simple expressions for three Christoffel symbols and the Riemann-Christoffel tensor, which he discusses, noting a suggestion of Larmor's. Professor Macaulay's papers in the Proceedings of the Royal Society seem complicated and difficult. Johnston's idea is for the publication of a book of 100 pages; his lectures on quaternions were taken down by a student, which he intends to rewrite, with some pages on Clifford's algebra. He wishes to send the manuscript of a short book on tensors and asks for a postcard directing him on where to send it.
Extent2p.
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
AccessStatusOpen
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