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Robert Adrain (30 September 1775 – 10 August 1843) was an Irish political exile who won renown as a mathematician in the United States. He left Ireland after leading republican insurgents in the Rebellion of 1798, and settled in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. With Nathaniel Bowditch, he shares the distinction of being the first scholar to publish original mathematical research in America. This included his formulation of the method of least squares while working on a surveying problem (in two proofs of the exponential law of error published independently of Carl Friedrich Gauss) for which he is chiefly remembered. His fields of applied mathematical interest included physics, astronomy and geodesy. Many of his mathematical investigations focussed on the shape of the Earth.

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  • Robert Adrain (ca)
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  • Robert Adrain (1775-1843), va ser un matemàtic irlandès resident als Estats Units d'Amèrica. (ca)
  • Robert Adrain (Carrickfergus, 30 de septiembre de 1775-Nuevo Brunswick, 10 de agosto de 1843), fue un matemático de origen anglo-irlandés, emigrado a los Estados Unidos. (es)
  • Robert Adrain (30 septembre 1775 - 10 août 1843) est un mathématicien, considéré comme un des plus brillants mathématiciens du temps en Amérique. (fr)
  • Robert Adrain (30 September 1775 – 10 August 1843) was an Irish political exile who won renown as a mathematician in the United States. He left Ireland after leading republican insurgents in the Rebellion of 1798, and settled in New Jersey and Pennsylvania. With Nathaniel Bowditch, he shares the distinction of being the first scholar to publish original mathematical research in America. This included his formulation of the method of least squares while working on a surveying problem (in two proofs of the exponential law of error published independently of Carl Friedrich Gauss) for which he is chiefly remembered. His fields of applied mathematical interest included physics, astronomy and geodesy. Many of his mathematical investigations focussed on the shape of the Earth. (en)
  • Robert Adrain (ur. 30 września 1775 w Carrickfergus, zm. 10 sierpnia 1843 w New Brunswick) – irlandzki naukowiec i matematyk, swego czasu uznawany za jednego z najbardziej błyskotliwych matematyków w Stanach Zjednoczonych. (pl)
  • Robert Adrain (30 de setembro de 1775 – New Brunswick, 10 de agosto de 1843) foi um matemático irlandês, cuja carreira foi passada nos EUA. Ele foi considerado uma das mentes matemáticas mais brilhantes da época na américa-norte, durante um período em que poucos acadêmicos realizavam pesquisas originais. Ele é principalmente lembrado por sua formulação do método dos mínimos quadrados. (pt)
  • Robert Adrain (* 30. September 1775 in Carrickfergus; † 10. August 1843 in New Brunswick) war ein US-amerikanischer Mathematiker. Adrain war der Sohn eines Lehrers. Als Mathematiker war er im Wesentlichen Autodidakt. Mit 15 Jahren verlor er seine Eltern und sorgte für seine Geschwister als Schullehrer. Darin war er erfolgreich, so dass er 1798 heiraten konnte. Aus der Ehe gingen sieben Kinder hervor. Er nahm als Offizier auf Seiten der United Irishman beim Aufstand 1798 teil, wurde verwundet und wanderte in die USA aus, wo er sich in Princeton niederliess. Dort war er Lehrer an der Princeton Academy und ab 1800 Leiter (Principal) der York County Academy in York (Pennsylvania). Er war einer der Hauptautoren des 1804 gegründeten Mathematical Correspondent, der ersten mathematischen Zeitschri (de)
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