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Walther von Dyck

German mathematician

Died when: 77 years 334 days (934 months)
Star Sign: Sagittarius

 

Walther von Dyck

Walther Franz Anton von Dyck (6 December 1856 – 5 November 1934), born Dyck (German pronunciation: [di?k]) and later ennobled, was a German mathematician.

He is credited with being the first to define a mathematical group, in the modern sense in.He laid the foundations of combinatorial group theory, being the first to systematically study a group by generators and relations.


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