Dirichlet's contributions to mathematical probability theory

DOI10.1006/hmat.1994.1007zbMath0795.01007OpenAlexW2081002437WikidataQ56172757 ScholiaQ56172757MaRDI QIDQ1323508

Hans Fischer

Publication date: 11 September 1994

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/hmat.1994.1007

zbMATH Keywords

method of least squarescentral limit theoremChebyshev

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of probability theory (60-03)

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Cites Work

• The three parts of the Dirichlet Nachlaß
• C. F. Gauss and the theory of errors
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• Clausius' erste Anwendung der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung im Rahmen der atmosphärischen Lichtstreuung
• Laplace's theory of errors
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• Simon Newcomb, Percy Daniell, and the History of Robust Estimation 1885-1920
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