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RefNoRR/68/255
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Alexander Craig Aitken, on a paper 'The summation of infinite harmonic series' by Frederick Soddy
Date11 November 1942
DescriptionSectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London'. Refers to work of George Chrystal, who is treated unfairly in the paper. Suggests amending the title and the first paragraph of the paper. 'The paper itself lies in a moderately interesting backwater of mathematics' but deserves publication. Refers to results of Leonhard Euler and James Whitbread Lee Glaisher. Does not like the style, nor the condescending attitide, of the paper.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London']

No received date.
Extent2p
FormatTypescript
PhysicalDescriptionLetter on paper
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AccessStatusOpen
RelatedMaterialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1942.0011 Vol.179 1942
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Fellows associated with this archive
CodePersonNameDates
NA1487Aitken; Alexander Craig (1895 - 1967)1895 - 1967
NA8018Soddy; Frederick (1877 - 1956)1877 - 1956
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