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Al-bīrūnī and The Mathematical Treatment of Observations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Oscar sheynin
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The classical theory of errors can be divided into stochastic and determinate parts, or branches. The birth of the first of therse became inevitable after Bradley's idea of cultivating astronomy and natural science in general by “regular series of observations and experiments” became universally accepted. Such scholars as Lambert, Simpson, Lagrange, Daniel Bernoulli and Euler were responsible for the development of the stochastic theory of errors while Laplace and Gauss completed its construction. About fifty or sixty years ago it was included into mathematical statistics.

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Arabic Sciences and Philosophy , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , September 1992 , pp. 299 - 306
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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