C. F. Gauss and the theory of errors

DOI10.1007/BF00776066zbMath0424.01006MaRDI QIDQ1134753

Oscar B. Sheynin

Publication date: 1979

Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

zbMATH Keywords

C. F. Gausstheory of errors

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical solutions to overdetermined systems, pseudoinverses (65F20) Numerical optimization and variational techniques (65K10) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of numerical analysis (65-03) History of probability theory (60-03)

Related Items (7)

Gauss on least-squares and maximum-likelihood estimation ⋮ Density curves in the theory of errors ⋮ Early sample measures of variability. ⋮ On the history of the principle of least squares ⋮ The place of probability in Hilbert's axiomatization of physics, ca. 1900--1928 ⋮ C. F. Gauss and geodetic observations ⋮ Dirichlet's contributions to mathematical probability theory

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