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Mathematics

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Found in 222 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence between E. Cunningham and Edward Appleton, c. 1927

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.217
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between E. Cunningham and Edward Appleton. The material consists of letters on mathematical aspects of Appleton's work, and especially on the positive and negative signs. Also included is the last page of a letter from Appleton on the problem and asking for assistance. Only some of the letters are dated May 1927.

Dates: c. 1927
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Magneto-Ionic Theory / Correspondence and data

Correspondence between Mary L. Cartwright and Edward Appleton, c. 1943

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Identifier: Coll-37/.246
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Mary L. Cartwright and Edward Appleton, c. 1943. The material consists of letters and calculations and it includes two letters from J.E. Littlewood (only one dated, 1943), and 1 page of calculations in another hand.

Dates: c. 1943
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Oscillators / Correspondence and data / Correspondence between Mary L. Cartwright and Edward Appleton

Correspondence between Mary L. Cartwright and Edward Appleton, c. 1946

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.247
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Mary L. Cartwright and Edward Appleton, c. 1946. The material consists of letters, graphs and it includes draft of Cartwright's paper, 'Forced oscillations in nearly sinusoidal systems' and miscellaneous offprints on the subject by Cartwright, Littlewood, Van der Pol, etc., not all dated.

Dates: c. 1946
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Oscillators / Correspondence and data / Correspondence between Mary L. Cartwright and Edward Appleton

Correspondence between Mary Taylor and Edward Appleton, 1931-1933

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Identifier: Coll-37/C.220
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Mary Taylor and Edward Appleton, dated 1931-1933. The material includes a translation by Taylor of a Russian paper by L. Schekulin on the subject of propagation of electromagnetic waves in ionized gas under the influence of a constant magnetic field H.

Dates: 1931-1933
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Edward Victor Appleton / Research topics / Magneto-Ionic Theory / Correspondence and data

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: American geologists, 1878-1907

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/1
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: American geologists sub-series consists of:


  1. 67 letters and postcards, alphabetically arranged (1878-1907).
Dates: 1878-1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (international and T-W)

Corrigenda to the Astronomiae, 1698-1699

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [56(3)]
Scope and Contents

Editorial issues in Gregory's major textbook.

Dates: 1698-1699
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Quarto A

Curva Cragio exhibitur, July 1687

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [205]
Scope and Contents

Gregory, probably with Pitcairne at his side, sent these curves to Craige in Cambridge, challenging him to find their quadrature. Thus the writing that is not in Gregory's hand may be Craige's.

Dates: July 1687
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Folio C

Curva foliata, c1693

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [32]
Scope and Contents

Diagram and mathematical description of a foliate curve. A modern hand has pencilled in "7 a Schooten", referring to geometer Frans van Schooten (1615-1660).

Dates: c1693
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Quarto A

D. Tchurnhausi meth: Quadraturarum de Act: Erud: M.S., c1688

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Identifier: Coll-33/Quarto A [88]
Scope and Contents

An article on quadrature, perhaps in the hand of its author, 'Tchurnhaus', for the Acta, c1688.

Dates: c1688
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Quarto A

De aequationibus Cubicis, s.d.

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [163]
Scope and Contents

Gregory on cubic equations.

Dates: s.d.
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of David Gregory / Folio C