RefNoRR/68/155
LevelItem
TitleLetter from Alexander Craig Aitken, to Alfred Charles Glyn Egerton, regarding a paper 'The summation of infinite harmonic series' by Frederick Soddy
Date8 August 1941
DescriptionSectional Committee: Mathematics

Adds further comments on the work. Refers to work of Isaac Newton, Leonhard Euler and James Stirling. The new work relates to central differencing. Hopes his note can help some other referee reach a quicker decision.

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

No received date.
Extent2p
FormatManuscript
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
NA8212Egerton; Sir; Alfred Charles Glyn (1886 - 1959); chemist1886 - 1959
NA8018Soddy; Frederick (1877 - 1956)1877 - 1956
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