Stigler, Stephen M. Gauss and the invention of least squares. (English) Zbl 0477.62001 Ann. Stat. 9, 465-474 (1981). Page: −5 −4 −3 −2 −1 ±0 +1 +2 +3 +4 +5 Show Scanned Page Cited in 30 Documents MSC: 62-03 History of statistics 01A55 History of mathematics in the 19th century 86A30 Geodesy, mapping problems Keywords:Legendre; geodesy; metric system; priority disputes; nonlinear least squares PDF BibTeX XML Cite \textit{S. M. Stigler}, Ann. Stat. 9, 465--474 (1981; Zbl 0477.62001) Full Text: DOI OpenURL