Current Search: Paul A.M. Dirac Papers, 1788-1999 (x)
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"All given identities are normal": Observations and Identities.
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Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice)
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Succession of 6 pages investigating algebraic systems while preserving generality, with an emphasis on identities.
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FSUDirac_12_3_8
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"For any letter we can substitute throughout the identity any expression containing a new letter...".
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Writing rules for operations used in algebra problem and writing about their implications; Defining operators and notation for problem and writing about them; Possibly assigned work as the rules are numbered and the work is neat and well-written; Back of FSUDirac_12_3_1_0017.
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FSUDirac_12_3_1_0018
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"For any letter we can substitute throughout the identity any expression.".
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Defining rules for certain expressions; Making notes about notation for these certain expressions; Giving examples using θ and ϕ.
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FSUDirac_12_3_5_0005
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"If an identity with n letters is to be true…".
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Writing about mathematical identities and numbers in general; Back of FSUDirac_12_3_1_0018.
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FSUDirac_12_3_1_0017
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"mn + 1 = p is a prime…".
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Apparent scratch work for number theoretical analysis; Possibly continuation of previous problem; Possibly multiple different problems worked on, including m, n, p problem, r, s, p problem, a, b, k problem, etc.
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FSUDirac_12_1c_0033
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"n is an odd prime, a, b, c are integers…".
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Number theoretical analysis with apparent problem statement pertaining to n, a, b, and c; extensive algebra and calculation done with variables x, y, z.
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FSUDirac_12_1c_0032
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"s is a power of n".
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Number theoretical analysis of primes, with apparent aim of solving a problem (number 1 in top right corner could be question number; problem is possibly to prove that s is a power of n, as is concluded in bottom right).
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FSUDirac_12_1c_0027
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"The deduction could be written": Continuation of a problem.
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Creator
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Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice)
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Succession of 10 pages with work related to a problem involving a particular algebraic structure (with elements, operations, identities, etc. Final page is an unrelated physics calculation.
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FSUDirac_12_3_6
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"To obtain a particular case by putting two letters the same.".
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Continuation of investigating algebraic rules from FSUDirac_12_3_1_0018; adding new rules to change system and analyzing the changes.
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FSUDirac_12_3_5_0001
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Aboard America.
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Dirac wearing a party hat and Manci (on the far left) shown at dinner during a crossing of the Atlantic on board the SS America
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FSU_Dirac_14_3_S1B14F63_001
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Abraham Pais, Paul Dirac and E. P. Wigner in receiving line.
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Photograph taken in Tallahassee, Florida.
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FSUDirac_s01b14f88
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Academy of Sciences of Lisbon Award.
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Academia das Ciencias de Lisboa
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States that the title of "Correspondente" will be conferred upon Paul A. M. Dirac in recognition of his merits.
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Date Issued
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1953-05-17
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Identifier
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2709718, s3b4f2
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Academy of Sciences of Turin Award.
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Accademia delle scienze di Torino
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Certificate awarding Paul A. M. Dirac with an honorary professorship at the University of Turin, Italy.
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Date Issued
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1951-11-15
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s3b4f3, 2709710
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Aeriel view of Tiananmen Square.
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Photograph taken at Beijing, China. Handwritten note on back: Peiping, 14-7-15
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FSUDirac_s01b14f39_003
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Algebraic manipulations, along with intersecting oval figures (with marked points of intersection).
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Attempt to rewrite expression involving h, k, n2, n3 in order to substitute into equation with t1, t2, a, b to solve; many drawings of ovals, probably unrelated.
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FSUDirac_12_1b_0008
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Algebraic manipulations, doodled on an old stock offer.
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Algebraic manipulations for a random problem.
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FSUDirac_12_1b_0005
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Algebraic manipulations, doodled on top of an old exercise paper.
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Simple algebraic manipulations, doodled on a sheet used for a different problem (possibly an old exercise paper).
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FSUDirac_12_1b_0003
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All Ready for the Nobelists.
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Dagens Nyheter
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FSU_MSS_1989009_S01_B16_F02_008
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Alternative Method.
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Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice)
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Explanation and calculation of an alternative method for an equation.
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FSUDirac_s02b17f02a
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Document (PDF)
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences Award.
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American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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Abstract/Description
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States that Dirac is a Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, but has all of the rights and privileges of a member.
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Date Issued
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1950-05-10
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Identifier
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s3b4f6, 2709708
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Analyses related to cubic and quintic polynomial equations.
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Assigning values to expansions of quintic expressions in terms of a,b,c,d,e (similar to FSUDirac_12_1e_0001 and FSUDirac_12_1e_0006). Vieta’s formula. Writing quintic formula in terms of x,y,z,r, which are expressions in terms of a-d. Rewriting general cubic equation.
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FSUDirac_12_1e_0008
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Analysis associated with reduced quintic polynomial equation.
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Equating one-term expressions in terms of a-d and of power five to constants e-h and attempt to construct equations of specific forms in terms in e-h. Work with reduced quintic polynomial equation equal to zero.
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FSUDirac_12_1e_0022
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Analysis of a particular quintic polynomial equation.
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Quintic equation the same as on FSUDirac_12_1d_0027; attempt to find products of expressions α-δ that are possibly roots; assignment of constant to represent quotients of form ab/c in terms of a-d (linked to FSUDirac_12_1e_0023).
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FSUDirac_12_1e_0009
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Analysis of cubic, quartic, and quintic expansions.
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Continuation of combinations of general a, b, c, d with different powers of w (from FSUDirac_12_1d_0023); charts assigning values to different cubic, quartic, and quintic expansions equal to zero; writing general solution of cubic polynomial.
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FSUDirac_12_1d_0027
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Analysis of factors using modular arithmetic.
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Number theory analysis of factors using modular arithmetic; Possibly an assigned problem.
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FSUDirac_12_1c_0022
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Analysis of primes and factors using modular arithmetic.
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Further number theoretical analysis of primes and factors of expressions using modular arithmetic.
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FSUDirac_12_1c_0024
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Analysis related to solving reduced cubic polynomial equation.
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Writing sums of terms a through d raised to fractional powers; ω and i also used; solving reduced cubic equation.
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FSUDirac_12_3_1_0015
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Atomic Space.
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Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice)
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Calcuations for Atomic Space. Date range: April 17,1981-December 9, 1982.
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FSUDirac_s02b18f04
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Document (PDF)
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Attempts to logarithmic and exponential equations.
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Attempts to solve exponential and logarithmic equations; Possible attempts to match polynomial equations to logarithmic and exponential equations for alternate solution method.
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FSUDirac_12_1a_0019
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Axioms for rings.
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Listing axioms for rings with two operations, addition, denoted by α, and multiplication, denoted by β.
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FSUDirac_12_3_5_0003
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Basic Beliefs and Prejudices in Physics.
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Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice)
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Handwritten notes on the 1976 Lindau Nobel Laureate lecture in which Dirac explains the prejudices and biases that physicists must face. The lecture also covers theological issues, such as whether or not there is a God.
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Date Issued
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1976-06-29
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s02b29f18, 2179024, fsu:200
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Document (PDF)
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Basic Beliefs and Theoretical Resend.
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Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice)
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Date Issued
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1973-01-22
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FSU_MSS_1989009_B49_F28_01
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Document (PDF)
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Booklet listing all nobel prize winners from the years 1901 to 1979.
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Almqvist & Wiksell
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FSU_MSS_1989009_S01_B35_F09_003
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Document (PDF)
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Charles and Betty Dirac with dog.
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FSUDirac_s01b14f27_001
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Chinese Physical Society Award.
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Zhongguo wu li xue hui
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Certificate awarded to Paul A. M. Dirac for being elected an honorary member of the Chinese Physical Society.
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Date Issued
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1943-10-10
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s3b4f7, 2709717
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Circuitry/electricity physics problem.
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Working on circuitry/electricity physics problem (trying to calculate change in power); Possibly assigned for school.
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FSUDirac_12_3_5_0006
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Image (JPEG2000)
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Color photograph of blackboard section on which Dirac Equation is written.
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Creator
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Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice)
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Date Issued
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2000
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FSU_MSS_1989009_S01_B11_F08_IF70
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Combinations and permutations (of various number of elements).
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Listing of combinations of elements A-F, with A-F in terms of a-d. Listing of permutations of five elements chosen from five (similar to FSUDirac_12_1d_0012). Summations of fractions of different denominators in terms of m,n that equal 1. Attempt to sketch graph with at least 6 nodes. Apparent assignment of values 1-6 to permutations of four elements chosen from four (hard to read).
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FSUDirac_12_1e_0002
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Set of related objects
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Comparing coefficients of terms of expansions.
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Comparison of coefficients of terms in expansions of different summations/products of summations (like FSUDirac_12_1a_0011; FSUDirac_12_1d_0005); writing summations of products as quintic polynomials after substitution; comparison of coefficients of summated expressions up to degree 5 and assignment of values to each equation (e.g. 1, -5, 5. Possibly tied to Galois groups?)
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FSUDirac_12_1d_0011
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Comparison of coefficients for different summation expansions.
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Comparison of coefficients of different summation expansions in three variables.
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FSUDirac_12_1d_0005
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Comparison of coefficients in different expansions.
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Comparison of coefficients of terms in expansions of different summations/products of summations (like FSUDirac_12_1a_0011; FSUDirac_12_1d_0005); writing summations of products as quintic polynomials after substitution; comparison of coefficients of summated expressions up to degree 5 and assignment of values to each equation (e.g. 1, -5, 5. Possibly connected to Galois groups?)
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FSUDirac_12_1d_0011_polyeq, fsu:186636
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Comparison of terms in expansion (fourth degree).
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Comparison of terms in expansion of different combinations of products (usually to fourth degree); Expansions of squares of summations.
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FSUDirac_12_1a_0009
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Composition of various degreed expressions.
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Assigning values A-F to five-term expressions composed of elements a-e. Assigning values α-ε to reducible four-term expressions composed of elements a-e. Expansions of different powers (up to quintic) of expression x in terms of a and b.
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FSUDirac_12_1e_0001
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The Conditions for Statistical Equilibrium Between Atoms, Electrons and Radiation.
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Dirac, P. A. M. (Paul Adrien Maurice)
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Lecture given at St. John's College, Cambridge. Attached is a letter of request for an appearance by Dirac from the Royal Society in London.
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FSUDirac_s02b36f4
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Document (PDF)
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Congratulatory letter from Paul Dirac's aunt Lu on his obtaining of the Nobel Prize.
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Creator
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, Lu
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FSU_MSS_1989009_S01_B94_F11_007
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Document (PDF)
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Congratulatory letter from Professor Dr. Max Planck to Paul Dirac on receiving the Nobel Prize.
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Planck, Max
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FSU_MSS_1989009_S01_B94_F11_010
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Document (PDF)
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Congratulatory letter written by Professor C. Manneback of the University of Louvain to Paul Dirac after he received his Nobel Prize.
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Creator
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Manneback, C.
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FSU_MSS_1989009_S01_B94_F11_006
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Image (JPEG2000)
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Congratulatory telegram from Niels Bohr to Paul Dirac on receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Creator
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Bohr, Niels
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Date Issued
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1933
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FSU_MSS_1989009_S01_B94_F11_002
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Image (JPEG2000)
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Construction of quintic expressions.
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Construction of quintic expressions; Comparison of an expression raised to different degrees.
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FSUDirac_12_1a_0005
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Continued fractional term manipulations & permutations of x and y terms.
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Continuation of FSUDirac_12_1a_0015 and FSUDirac_12_1a_0016 with composed fraction summation; Comparison between functions at certain points and summations; Matching of given x and y values and counting combinations between them.
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FSUDirac_12_1a_0017
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Image (JPEG2000)
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