Gauss and the probability theory (Q2759860)
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1683865
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1683865 |
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10 March 2002
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arithmetic mean
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shape of error curve
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method of least squares
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Gauss and the probability theory (English)
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The influence of Gauss upon probability theory is here channelled through three problems which he considered: the value of arithmetic mean as the estimator of unknown magnitude, the shape of error curve, the value of the method of least squares.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 0964.00033].
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