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RefNoRR/68/206
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Alexander Craig Aitken, on a paper 'The geometry of matrices' by Herbert Westren Turnbull
Date[1941]
DescriptionSectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'. The paper is comparable in scope and merit with papers also published in the Philosophical Transactions by Alfred Young. The paper is very important, and contains new and original material. Considers this the author's best paper to date.

Contains extra question - 'Is there any information contained in the paper which likely to be of value to the enemy?' Referee replies no.

[Published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society]

Endorsed on verso as received 14 March 1941.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
PhysicalDescriptionStandardised form (type E)
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rsta.1942.0001 Vol.239 1942
Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1487Aitken; Alexander Craig (1895 - 1967)1895 - 1967
NA6028Turnbull; Herbert Westren (1885 - 1961)1885 - 1961
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