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RefNoRR/2/188
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by George Peacock, on a paper 'On the extension of the principle of Fermat’s theorem of the polygonal numbers to the higher orders of series whose ultimate differences are constant. With a new theorem proposed, applicable to all the orders' by Jonathan Frederick Pollock
Date8 April 1850
DescriptionRecommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Finds the paper hard to understand. Comments about 'intolerably dull' physiology papers. 'I wish there was one medical [illegible] where the majority of them could appear'.

Subject: Mathematics

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']
Extent4p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0223 Vol.5 1851
RelatedRecordAP/32/15
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA7093Peacock; George (1791 - 1858)1791 - 1858
NA6836Pollock; Sir; Jonathan Frederick (1783 - 1870)1783 - 1870
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