| RefNo | RR/5/193 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Second referee's report by Henry John Stephen Smith, on a paper 'On Fermat’s theorem of the polygonal numbers, with supplement' by Jonathan Frederick Pollock |
| Date | 10 November 1863 |
| Description | Not recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. Encloses a memorandum [RR/5/194] clearly stating his disagreement with the demonstration. Has not communicated with Arthur Cayley.
Addendum, dated 12 November 1863. Has received the letter from George Gabriel Stokes containing a note from Arthur Cayley. Agrees with Arthur Cayley regarding the doubtful points of the paper. Has sent Alexander John Ellis' paper to Price [Bartholomew Price?], who will respond in a few days. Suggests Ellis be discouraged from publishing criticisms of other mathematicians, including Julius Plücker ['On an application of the theory of scalar and clinant radical loci', Proceedings, doi:10.1098/rspl.1860.0030 Vol.11 1862]. Refers to work by George Salmon and Carnot [?], August Ferdinand Möbius and Michel Chasles, the last of which the Committee has decided not to publish.
Subject: Mathematics
[Published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, 1864] |
| Extent | 8p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Letter on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1863.0101 Vol.13 1864 |
| RelatedRecord | RR/5/191 |
| RR/5/192 |
| RR/5/194 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA6491 | Smith; Henry John Stephen (1826 - 1883) | 1826 - 1883 |
| NA6836 | Pollock; Sir; Jonathan Frederick (1783 - 1870) | 1783 - 1870 |