least squares method

Summary

least squares method is a scientific method^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of scientific_method entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (712 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• least squares method is credited with the discovery of Adrien-Marie Legendre^[3].
• least squares method is credited with the discovery of Carl Friedrich Gauss^[4].
• least squares method's image is recorded as MDKQ1.svg^[5].
• least squares method's instance of is recorded as scientific method^[6].
• least squares method's subclass of is recorded as regression analysis^[7].
• least squares method's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00570033^[8].
• least squares method's part of is recorded as statistics^[9].
• least squares method's has use is recorded as approximation^[10].
• least squares method's Commons category is recorded as Least squares^[11].
• least squares method's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D016018^[12].
• least squares method's BNCF Thesaurus ID is recorded as 38670^[13].
• least squares method's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0l4m0^[14].
• least squares method's MeSH tree code is recorded as E05.318.740.750.400^[15].
• least squares method's MeSH tree code is recorded as N05.715.360.750.695.440^[16].
• least squares method's MeSH tree code is recorded as N06.850.520.830.750.400^[17].
• least squares method's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ph135404^[18].
• least squares method's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Least squares^[19].
• least squares method's PSH ID is recorded as 13807^[20].
• least squares method's described by source is recorded as The Elements of Statistical Learning^[21].
• least squares method's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary^[22].
• least squares method's described by source is recorded as New Encyclopedic Dictionary^[23].
• least squares method's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia^[24].
• least squares method's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://mathoverflow.net/tags/least-squares^[25].
• least squares method's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://math.stackexchange.com/tags/least-squares^[26].
• least squares method's Stack Exchange tag is recorded as https://stats.stackexchange.com/tags/least-squares^[27].

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Works and Contributions

Credited discoveries include Adrien-Marie Legendre^[3], a mathematician^[28], 1752–1833^[29], of France^[30], awarded the Officer of the Legion of Honour^[31], specialised in number theory^[32] and Carl Friedrich Gauss^[4], a mathematician^[33], 1777–1855^[34], of Confederation of the Rhine^[35], awarded the Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order^[36], specialised in number theory^[37].

Why It Matters

least squares method ranks in the top 3% of scientific_method entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (712 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[38] It is known by 75 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[39]