Laplace's theory of errors

DOI10.1007/BF00499624zbMath0359.01018OpenAlexW2023331382WikidataQ52809756 ScholiaQ52809756MaRDI QIDQ1238794

Oscar B. Sheynin

Publication date: 1977

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00499624

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of numerical analysis (65-03)

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