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Whittaker/Folder 6-15/Folder 7/5
Unique identifier
GB 275 Whittaker/Folder 6-15/Folder 7/5
Title
A.L.s., from Lincoln's Inn
Date(s)
- May 1813 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
4p paper
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Scope and content
Gives details of an eight year old child mathematical prodigy he has encountered. States that he can state the square or cube of a number and all its combinations instantly without any calculations, 'faster, much faster than you can write it down'. Speculates as to how the child carries out the computations.