On the history of the principle of least squares
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Publication:685238
DOI10.1007/BF00387725zbMath0783.01004MaRDI QIDQ685238
Publication date: 13 March 1994
Published in: Archive for History of Exact Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)
arithmetic meanTobias MayerEulerGaussBoscovichcombining equationsCotesHuberprinciple of least squaresSimpson
History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50) History of statistics (62-03) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55)
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