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Reference numberRR/51/148
LevelItem
TitleReferee's report by Alfred Cardew Dixon, on a paper 'On approximation by polygons in the calculus of variations' by L C Young
Date[April 1933]
DescriptionSectional Committee: Mathematics

Recommended for publication in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London', after revision. No example of the application of the theory is given. Provides detailed list of criticisms, including the mathematics. Refers to work of Norbert Wiener, Johann Karl August Radon and Charles-Jean Étienne Gustave Nicolas, baron de la Vallée Poussin.

[Published in the 'Proceedings of the Royal Society of London' A, 1933]

Endorsed on verso as received 19 April 1933.
Extent3p
FormatManuscript
Physical descriptionStandardised form (type D) and letter on paper
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Access statusOpen
Related materialDOI: 10.1098/rspa.1933.0121 Vol.141 1933
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CodeNameDates
NA1178Dixon; Alfred Cardew (1865 - 1936)1865 - 1936
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