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RefNoAP/49/6
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On the integrability of certain partial differential equations proposed by Mr [George Biddell] Airy' by Robert Moon
CreatorMoon; Robert (fl 1858-1868)
Date15 April 1867
DescriptionMoon presents a set of equations proposed by Airy, and proposes to show that neither equation is [perceptible] of an integral solution involving one or more arbitrary functions.

Marked on front as 'Archives 1867'.

Subject: Mathematics

Received 30 April 1867. Read 16 May 1867. Communicated by [James Joseph] Sylvester.

Written by Moon at 6 New Square, Lincolnshire [England].

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 15 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On the integrability of certain partial differential equations proposed by Mr. Airy'.
Extent18p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1866.0112
RelatedRecordMC/8/45
RR/6/187
RR/6/188
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA2893Sylvester; James Joseph (1814 - 1897)1814 - 1897
NA8035Airy; Sir; George Biddell (1801 - 1892); astronomer and mathematician1801 - 1892
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