Russian Papers on the History of Probability and Statistics Translated by the Author Berlin 2004 (C) Oscar Sheynin
Russian Papers on the History of Probability and Statistics Translated by the Author Berlin 2004 (C) Oscar Sheynin www.sheynin.de Contents Introduction 1. Review of Kendall, M.G., Doig, A.G. Bibliography of Statistical Literature Pre-1940 with Supplements to the Volumes for 1940 – 1949 and 1950 – 1958. Edinburgh, 1968. Novye Knigi za Rubezhom , ser. A, No. 10, 1969, 2. On the work of Adrain in the theory of errors. Istoriko-Matematicheskie Issledovania (IMI), vol. 16, 1965, pp. 325 – 336 3. On the history of the iterative methods of solving systems of linear algebraic equations. Trudy IX Nauchn Konf. Aspirantov i Mladsh. Nauchn. Sotrundn. Inst. Istorii Estestvoznania iTekhniki , Sektsia istorii fiz. i mat. nauk. Moscow, 1966, pp. 8 – 12 4. On selection and adjustment of direct observations. Izvestia Vuzov. Geodezia i Aerofotos’emka No. 2, 1966, pp. 107 – 112 5. On the history of the adjustment of indirect observations. Ibidem, No. 3, 1967, pp. 25 – 32 6. Some Issues in the History of the Theory of Errors. Abstract of dissertation. Moscow, 1967. Published as a manuscript. Inst. Istorii Estestvoznania i Tekhniki 7. On the work of Bayes in the theory of probability. Trudy XII Nauchn. Konf. Aspirantov i Mladsh. Nauchn. Sotrudn. Inst. Istorii Estestvoznania I Tekhniki , Sektsia istorii mat. i mekh. nauk. Moscow, 1969, pp. 40 – 57 8. On the history of the De Moivre – Laplace limit theorem. Istoria i Metodologia Estestven. Nauk , vol. 9, 1970, pp. 199 – 211 9. On the appearance of the Dirac delta-function in a memoir of Laplace. IMI, vol. 20, 1975, pp. 303 – 308 10.
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