C. F. Gauss and geodetic observations

DOI10.1007/BF01686279zbMath0793.01009OpenAlexW2010664245MaRDI QIDQ1316106

Oscar B. Sheynin

Publication date: 18 August 1994

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01686279

zbMATH Keywords

arithmetic meanmean square errorcorrelation theoryestimation of precision

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)

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Cites Work

• On the history of the statistical method in astronomy
• Corrections and short notes on my papers
• A. Quetelet as a statistician
• C. F. Gauss and the theory of errors
• Thomas Bayes's work on infinite series
• Gauss's first argument for least squares
• The astronomical work of Carl Friedrich Gauss (1777-1855)
• Early history of the theory of probability
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• J. H. Lambert's work on probability
• On the Postulate of the Arithmetic Mean
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