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RefNoAP/58/10
LevelItem
TitleUnpublished paper, 'On Clairautian functions and equations' by Allan Cunningham
CreatorCunningham; Allan
Date1876
DescriptionCunningham presents examples and definitions of Claurautian functions and equations: 'a Clairautian is a differential expression, the order and rank of which determine the orders of its highest and lowest differential coefficient', while 'it is proposed to term a differential equation involving Clairautian functions as a Clairautian equation.'

Annotations in pencil and ink throughout. Marked on front as 'Archives Nov 1/77'. Includes a page of directions for the printer.

Subject: Mathematics

Received 18 April 1876. Read 11 May 1876. Communicated by Arthur Cayley.

Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 25 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society as 'On clairautian functions and equations'.
Extent62p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionInk and graphite pencil on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1876.0012
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CodePersonNameDates
NA6944Cayley; Arthur (1821 - 1895); mathematician1821 - 1895
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