Pierre Simon Laplace, Inverse Probability, Central Limit Theorem, Probability, Deep Dives.
illustrates the behavior of the CLT using mathematical notation: The Central Limit Theorem (Image by Author) At some point during the 3 decades that followed his 1774 paper on inverse probability, Laplace went to work on the Central Limit Theorem. During Laplace’s era, the CLT wasn’t called by that