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- ↑ "The University Officers", Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge (PDF), University of Cambridge, p. 673
- ↑ "Cambridge University Reporter 6683". www.admin.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
- ↑ Fauvel, John; Flood, Raymond; Wilson, Robin (2013). Oxford figures : eight centuries of the mathematical sciences (Second ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp. 313–314. ISBN 9780199681976.
- 1 2 "Luis Fernando Alday | Mathematical Institute". www.maths.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
- ↑ Fauvel, John; Flood, Raymond; Wilson, Robin (2013). Oxford figures : eight centuries of the mathematical sciences (Second ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 360. ISBN 9780199681976.