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RefNoAP/42/9
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On the laws of operation, and the systematisation of mathematics' Alexander J [John] Ellis
Date1859
DescriptionEllis aims to give a firmer basis to the calculus of operations, to assign the strict limits and connexion of the mathematical sciences, and to found them upon purely inductive considerations, without any metaphysical or a priori reasoning.

Marked on front as 'Archives G G S [George Gabriel Stokes]'.

Subject: Mathematics

Received 26 May 1859. Communicated by Archibald Smith.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 10 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the laws of operation, and the systematization of mathematics'.
Extent198p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1859.0022
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA6159Ellis; Alexander John (1814 - 1890); mathematician1814 - 1890
NA1486Smith; Archibald (1813 - 1872)1813 - 1872
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