The theorem named after this person and Andrey Markov [MAR-kawf] assumes normally distributed errors to prove the validity of the method of least squares for linear regression.
The theorem named after this person and Andrey Markov [MAR-kawf] assumes normally distributed errors to prove the validity of the method of least squares for linear regression. The integer lattice of the complex plane, or in other words the complex numbers whose real and imaginary parts are both integers, are called his namesake "integers".  He developed a mapping from surfaces to the unit sphere, and surface integrals are often taken on the surfaces named for him. He is also the namesake of the method to put matrices into row echelon form, and Jordan's [YAWR-dahn'z]  name is added to his when going to reduced row echelon form. Identify this mathematician and physicist who is sometimes used as the namesake of the bell curve.
The theorem named after this person and Andrey Markov [MAR-kawf] assumes normally distributed errors to prove the validity of the method of least squares for linear regression.
Carl Friedrich {Gauss}