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Reference numberRR/72/30
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Rudolf Ernst Peierls, on a paper 'On the stochastic theory of continuous parametric systems and its application to electron cascades' by Homi Jehangir Bhabha to D C Martin, Assistant Secretary of the Royal Society
Date14 October 1949
DescriptionThe best procedure is for him to write to Dirac directly and leave the decision in his hands. The method used is already well-known and is obvious to anbody who 'considers the problem for five minutes'

[Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society A, 1950].

Endorsed on recto as received 15 October 1949.
Extent1p
FormatTypescript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1950.0102
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA3216Peierls; Sir; Rudolf Ernst (1907 - 1995)1907 - 1995
NA7118Bhabha; Homi Jehangir (1909 - 1966)1909 - 1966
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