Thomas Simpson and the arithmetic mean

DOI10.1016/0315-0860(85)90044-8zbMath0586.01006OpenAlexW2029703617WikidataQ63244935 ScholiaQ63244935MaRDI QIDQ1071744

Eddie Shoesmith

Publication date: 1985

Published in: Historia Mathematica (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/0315-0860(85)90044-8

zbMATH Keywords

arithmetic meandistribution functioncontinuous densitytriangular error distribution

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of probability theory (60-03)

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Cites Work

• STUDIES IN THE HISTORY OF PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS: VII. THE PRINCIPLE OF THE ARITHMETIC MEAN
• Studies in the history of probability and statistics: XI. Daniel Bernoulli on maximum likelihood
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