Pièce 11.14 - 'Theory of Numbers. Notes by Sir F. Pollock L.C.B.'

Zone d'identification

Cote

O./11.14

Titre

'Theory of Numbers. Notes by Sir F. Pollock L.C.B.'

Date(s)

  • c 1867 (Production)

Niveau de description

Pièce

Étendue matérielle et support

1 vol., c 255 x 220 x 35 mm. Tabbed alphabetical index, pp. 1-522.
2 large loose sheets.

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Histoire archivistique

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Gift of Sir William Frederick Pollock, 2nd Baronet (d. 1888, son of Sir Frederick Pollock) date unknown.

Zone du contenu et de la structure

Portée et contenu

Entries in index: 'on the connection of M W N & m n page 428'; 'on changing the sums of Square by altering the Root p 284'; '2nd Communication [to the Royal Society]', 298; 'Fermat's theorems. Paper for Royal Society p. 250'; 'on the gradation series, 338'; 'letter to Mr De Morgan proving that the two forms (a² + a + b² + c²)= (m² + m + n² + p² + p), 142'; 'Numbers - Forms of which make 4 sqr roots =1 etc tc, p 190'; 'Triangular nos p. 475'.

Other page headings not mentioned in the index include: 'on the division of odd nos into 4 square & other forms', p. 2; 'on Fermat's mysteries of numbers', p. 162. The title in full of the paper for the Royal Society which begins on p. 250 is 'On the first and second Theorems of Fermat relating to the polygonal numbers and on the forms not exceeding 4 into which odd numbers may be divided'.

Two large sheets dated 1867 and labelled 'Diagram no. 1' and 'Diagram no. 2'

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation

Conditions d’accès

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

    Script of material

      Language and script notes

      Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

      Finding aids

      Zone des sources complémentaires

      Existence and location of originals

      Existence and location of copies

      Related units of description

      Descriptions associées

      Publication note

      Several papers by Pollock submitted to the Royal Society likely relate to these notes, including: Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Vol. 151 (1861), 'XXI. On Fermat's theorem of the polygonal numbers'; Vol. 158 (1868), 'XXV. On the mysteries of numbers alluded to by Fermat.—Second communication'.

      Zone des notes

      Identifiant(s) alternatif(s)

      Preferred form of reference

      O.11.14

      Mots-clés

      Mots-clés - Sujets

      Mots-clés - Lieux

      Mots-clés - Genre

      Identifiant de la description

      Identifiant du service d'archives

      Rules and/or conventions used

      Statut

      Niveau de détail

      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Langue(s)

        Écriture(s)

          Sources

          Accession area