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Reference numberRR/72/31
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac, on a paper 'On the stochastic theory of continuous parametric systems and its application to electron cascades' by Homi Jehangir Bhabha to David Brunt
Date12 September 1949
DescriptionHe is at the Canadian Mathematical Congress with the author, who has informed him that a referee claimed that the paper was 'trivial'. The method used in the paper is substantially correct. He wasn't aware of the method before reading the paper. Asks the referee to provide and example of when the method has been used before. Asks that the referee contacts him directly and provides an address for Princeton University in the United States.

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

Date received not given.
Extent1p
FormatManuscript
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
NA6266Dirac; Paul Adrien Maurice (1902 - 1984)1902 - 1984
NA7118Bhabha; Homi Jehangir (1909 - 1966)1909 - 1966
NA1173Brunt; Sir; David (1886 - 1965)1886 - 1965
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