Central Limit Theorem/Historical Note

Historical Note on Central Limit Theorem

The Central Limit Theorem was the result of work by Pierre-Simon de Laplace in $1818$ and Aleksandr Mikhailovich Lyapunov in $1901$.


Sources

  • 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): central limit theorem
  • 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): central limit theorem