Adrien-Marie Legendre

R. W. Farebrother

A chapter in Statisticians of the Centuries, 2001, pp 101-104 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In 1805, Legendre published the first description of the method of least squares as an algebraic fitting procedure. It was subsequently justified on statistical grounds by Gauss and Laplace.

Keywords: Eighteenth Century; Statistical Justification; French Revolution; Minor Official; Practical Scientist (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4613-0179-0_20

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