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Orthogonality & Least Squares · Superchallenge problem

Fit a parabola y=a+bx+cx2y = a + bx + cx^2 by least squares to the five data points (−2,2)(-2, 2), (−1,1)(-1, 1), (0,0)(0, 0), (1,1)(1, 1), (2,2)(2, 2) (samples of y=∣x∣y = |x|). Find the minimum possible sum of squared residuals.