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Nuclear Physics A

Volume 319, Issues 1–2, 30 April 1979, Pages 175-181
Nuclear Physics A

A note on least squares fitting with normalization parameters

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Abstract

The method of Becke and Sprung for generalizing the least squares fit to take into account the normalization errors is examined. We find that their result for the error matrix of the fitting parameters is incorrect. The correct expression is given.

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Present address: Nuclear Science Division. Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720.

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Research supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. PHY-20097 A01.

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