Application of Bošković's geometric adjustment method on five meridian degrees

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Authors Martina Triplat Horvat, Miljenko Lapaine, Dražen Tutić

Publication date 28 January 2013

zbMATH Keywords

\(L^1\)-norm methodadjustment theoryBenedict XIVChristopher MaireDomenico Cassiniearth shapeerrorgeometric adjustment methodIsaac NewtonJacques Cassinimeridian lengthNicolas Louis de LacaillePierre Simon LaplaceRuđer Josip Bošković

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) Approximation by polynomials (41A10) History of geometry (51-03) History of statistics (62-03) Linear regression; mixed models (62J05) Geodesy, mapping problems (86A30)

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