On the history of the principle of least squares

DOI10.1007/BF00387725zbMATH Open0783.01004MaRDI QIDQ685238FDOQ685238

Authors: O. B. Sheĭnin 

Publication date: 13 March 1994

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

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zbMATH Keywords

arithmetic meanEulerGaussTobias MayerBoscovichcombining equationsCotesHuberprinciple of least squaresSimpson

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of statistics (62-03)

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