- Laplace wrote down the integral first in 1783
- Gauss then described it in 1809 in the context of least-sq. for astronomical measurements
- Pearson & Fisher framed it as ‘normal’ density only in 1910
Just as disclaimer, I’m a big fan of not only including but really discussing exactly those original sources in my lectures (and CS relies on so much stuff from centuries ago, computing was always around) … students even complained that I turned technical CS into too much of a history lecture 😁.
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- Gauss then described it in 1809 in the context of least-sq. for astronomical measurements
- Pearson & Fisher framed it as ‘normal’ density only in 1910
*Gauss gave Laplace credit!
We can start guessing how many people cited this after reading 📖 .