Density curves in the theory of errors

DOI10.1007/BF00376546zbMath0833.01013MaRDI QIDQ1897793

Oscar B. Sheynin

Publication date: 14 March 1996

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

zbMATH Keywords

Gaussian distribution; characterization of probability distributions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

01A50: History of mathematics in the 18th century

62-03: History of statistics

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