The Cambridge Mathematical Journal and its descendants: The linchpin of a research community in the early and mid-Victorian Age

Historia Mathematica

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 455-497

  Crilly, Tony ^a  

^a MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

19th century; Cambridge and Dublin Mathematical Journal; Cambridge Mathematical Journal; History; Mathematics; Publishers; Quarterly Journal of Pure and Applied Mathematics

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EID: 11044226098     PISSN: 03150860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hm.2004.03.001     Document Type: Article

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