Gauss published a statistical justification for least squares in 1809

Neat-o!

What have you done lately?
https://twitter.com/DataSciFact/status/833756955017613312

And, of course, you know that Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss was an 18th-19th-century German polymath who invented pretty much every single thing.

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Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (/ɡaʊs/; German: Gauß [ɡaʊs] ( listen); Latin: Carolus Fridericus Gauss; 30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician and physicist who made significant contributions to many fields in mathematics and sciences.[1] Sometimes referred to as the Princeps mathematicorum[2] (Latin for “the foremost of mathematicians”) and “the greatest mathematician since antiquity”, Gauss had an exceptional influence in many fields of mathematics and science, and is ranked among history’s most influential mathematicians.[3]

Source: Wikipedia contributors. “Carl Friedrich Gauss.Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, 21 Sep. 2018. Web. 21 Sep. 2018.

 

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