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Studies in the History of Probability and Statistics. XXXIII Cauchy and the witch of Agnesi: An historical note on the Cauchy distribution

STEPHEN M. STIGLER

Biometrika · 1974 · Volume 61 · Issue 2

DOI: 10.1093/biomet/61.2.375

Abstract

The history of the Cauchy distribution is reviewed, with an emphasis on its role in an early statistical dispute.

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