Mendeleev and the mathematical treatment of observations in natural science

Historia Mathematica

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-67

  Sheynin, Oscar ^a  

^a NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gauss; Mendeleev; Symmetric densities; Treatment of observations in natural science

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030078795     PISSN: 03150860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/hmat.1996.0004     Document Type: Article

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