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*> credit should be given to Rietveld for developing and distributing his software * No-one is disputing that, even if Rietveld himself never gave credit to anyone else. In Rietveld (1969) he merely `*thanks Drs B. O. Loopstra and B. van Laar for their suggestions and helpful criticism*'. Yet acc

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It seems that even the origin of least squares is debateable: https://blog.bookstellyouwhy.com/carl-friedrich-gauss-and-the-method-of-least-squares "That Gauss was the first to define the method of least squares was contested in his day. Adrien-Marie Legendre first published a version of

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Scott. If for commercial reasons you don't wish to disclose the details of Panalytical's code, I suggest you reference "code based on the Rietveld code - Rietveld (1969) Reactor Centrum Nederland Report RCN-104 (which contains the original code). My version is on: http://www.ccp14.ac.uk/ccp/web-m

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Scott. If you use the code distributed by Rietveld, you should certainly acknowledge it as "the Rietveld program/code" as I did in my Harwell report 1973_The_Rietveld_Program_for_the_Profile_Refinement_of_ Neutron_Diffraction_Powder_Patterns_AERE_R7350-von_Dreele_annotations.pdf

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It is interesting to read this conversation and to hear the various points of view. I have one point for consideration to add, and would love to hear the opinion of those who were more closely involved in those early days: I was always under the impression that the nomenclature "Rietveld techn

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The >1500 subscribers can vote... :   https://doodle.com/poll/gh3v3nfhue599w23   Best,   Armel       > Message du 21/08/18 19:10 > De : "Alan Hewat" > A : "rietveld_l@ill.fr" > Copie à : > Objet : Re: Rietveld > > > As a matter of course we didn't took part in the discussion... (Schen

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*> As a matter of course we didn't took part in the discussi**on... * (Schenk) *> ...**people pretending now to speak in place **of Loopstra should stop to do so *(Le Bail) What a contrast of style and substance. Late believers are true believers, and Passion evicts Doubt. Seeking sanity, I refer

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Dear Rietvelders,   The last sentence of the van Laar & Schenk paper is  : "It seems to us justified to replace the name ‘Rietveld method’ in the future by the working title of the past: ‘profile method,’ or to honour the inventor by using ‘Loopstra method’." So, shame on Rietveld for having st

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