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Biometrika 1984 71(3):615-620; doi:10.1093/biomet/71.3.615
© 1984 by Biometrika Trust
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Studies in the history of probability and statistics XL Boscovich, Simpson and a 1760 manuscript note on fitting a linear relation

STEPHEN M. STIGLER

Department of Statistics, University of Chicago Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

A newly discovered manuscript fragment shows that Thomas Simpson and Roger Boscovich met in 1760, and that Boscovich posed a problem in least deviations regression to Simpson. The fragment is described and Simpson's attempt at an analytical solution is interpreted. A further manuscript statement of a problem involving least squares from about 1755 is noted.

Key Words: History • Least deviations regression • Least squares • Linear programming • Robust regression


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