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GB 0809 Ross - Ross, Col Sir Ronald (1857-1932)
163 - Material on Ross' work on statistics and mathematics including correspondence, publications and mathematical workings
14 - Material on Ross' paper on geometrical calculus which he sent to PG Tait in 1891
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GB 0809 Ross/163/14/10
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Item
Title
Copy of a letter from Ross to Cargill Gilston Knott, Reader in Applied Mathematics, Edinburgh University
Date
7/11/1913
Description
He has been told that Knott is writing the biography of P G Tait and asks if he has found the manuscript which Ross sent to Tait in 1891. He explains that he had discovered that his theory was an "independent rediscovery of that of Grassmann" and approached Tait again in 1900, but he had forgotten the matter.
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Open
Language
English
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