On the history of the principle of least squares

DOI10.1007/BF00387725MaRDI QIDQ685238zbMATH OpenFDO

Authors O. B. Sheĭnin

Publication date 13 March 1994

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

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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