This algorithm, including its recursive application, was invented around 1805 by Carl Friedrich Gauss, who used it to interpolate the trajectories of the asteroids Pallas and Juno, but his work was not widely recognized (being published only posthumously and in neo-Latin).
Ovaj algoritam, uključujući njegovu rekurzivnu primenu, izmislio je Karl Fridrih Gaus oko 1805. godine, koji ga je koristio za interpolaciju trajektorija asteroida Palas i Juno, ali njegov rad nije bio široko prepoznatljiv (objavljen je samo posthumno i na neo-latinskom jeziku).