Linear regression is not so named because the result is a regression line of the form y=mx+b; such a function is actually not linear.
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Polynomials over ℝ form a linear space, so you can actually perform a linear regression that yields a polynomial of arbitrary degree.
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@matthew_d_green it's so named to remind you that when math isn't named after mathematicians it's named even worse -
Did you ever think why sw vulnerabilities are not named after people? Unfortunately non-descript sequential numbering is pragmatic.
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I wish they weren't ever.
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Didn't mean they should be, but what would the world look like if they were rare, maybe someone's life work?
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I mean you know my unfortunate involvement here.
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Yes, a case in point why finder naming wouldn't work.
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naming is hard
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