St John‘s College Personal Collections

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 14/36/2
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23 Mar. 1888

Does not have any copies of paper on Newton to hand, but will send one if he finds one [JJS. "On an elementary proof & generalisation of Sir Isaac Newton's hitherto undemonstrated rule for the discovery of imaginary roots". Proceedings of the London Mathematical Society. Vol. 1 no.2, 1865.]

Sylvester, James Joseph (1814-1897) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/33/2
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25 Jan. 1889 (Probably wrongly dated: should be 1890. See JJS to JCA 7 Jan. 1890 (24/33/3).)

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Acknowledgement of paper on Bernoulli's numbers. Similar to work of JJS's. Thanks for kind reception of Petersen. Description of JJS's present work on Chemical graphs [valence theory].

Sylvester, James Joseph (1814-1897) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/33/3
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7 Jan. 1890

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Letter of introduction for J. Petersen, University of Copenhagen.

Sylvester, James Joseph (1814-1897) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 24-26/Box 24/24/33/1
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23 Feb. 1875

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

Request for information of the terms and conditions of the Professorship at Melbourne, which JCA is responsible for filling. JJS considering applying.

Sylvester, James Joseph (1814-1897) mathematician

Autograph letter signed to J.C. Adams

Adams/Box 5-15/Box 14/36/1
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26 Feb. 1888

Part of Papers of John Couch Adams

In latest issue of Comptes Rendus Poulain states that Campbell originated the rule usually ascribed to Newton, for determining the existance of imaginary roots in algebraic equations. Enquires whether this is true and whether JCA knows who Campbell was.

Sylvester, James Joseph (1814-1897) mathematician

Letters from James Joseph Sylvester