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Reference numberRR/8/281
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Arthur Cayley, to George Gabriel Stokes, regarding a paper 'On toroidal functions' by William Mitchinson Hicks, and two untraced papers by James Whitbread Lee Glaisher
Date24 June 1881
DescriptionOne paper is more akin to William Thomson, 1st Baron Kelvin's report, than to his own. The remarks should be sent to the author. Refers to a comment about a paper being more or less like Pierre-Simon Laplace [RR/8/319]. Refers to two papers by James Whitbread Lee Glaisher.

Subject: Mathematics

[Papers untraced - publication status unknown]
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionLetter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rstl.1881.0014 Vol.172 1881
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodeNameDates
NA6944Cayley; Arthur (1821 - 1895); mathematician1821 - 1895
NA8283Stokes; Sir; George Gabriel (1819 - 1903); physicist1819 - 1903
NA6683Hicks; William Mitchinson (1850 - 1934)1850 - 1934
NA6446Glaisher; James Whitbread Lee (1848 - 1928); mathematician1848 - 1928
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