His research had been supervised by Eliakim Moore and he was awarded his doctorate for a thesis entitled The Cross Ratio Group of 120 Quadratic Cremona Transformations of the Plane. Slaught soon received promotion.
Ang kanyang mga pananaliksik had been supervised by Eliakim Moore at siya ay iginawad sa kanyang titulo ng doktor para sa isang tesis may karapatan Ang Cross Ratio Grupo ng 120 parisukat Cremona Transformations ng eroplano.