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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
18 - Correspondence on space algebra with Cargill Gilston Knott, Reader in Applied Mathematics, Edinburgh University, Philip EB Jourdain and Archie Edward Heath
Ref No
GB 0809 Ross/163/18/04
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Item
Title
Copy of a letter from Ross to Archie Edward Heath
Date
31/5/1921
Description
Typed and handwritten copies. He has now had time to consider Heath's notes on his solid space algebra. He explains what he meant in describing Grassmann's and Hamilton's work as unsound and says that he has now found "real quaternions" and has put a preliminary note in the current number of Science Progress. He adds that he wishes PEB. Jourdain were "alive to see it".
AccessStatus
Open
Language
English
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