Walther von Dyck explained

Order:8th
Rector of the Technical University of Munich
Term Start:1919
Term End:1925
Successor:Jonathan Zenneck
Order2:1st
Title2:Rector of the Technical University of Munich
Term Start2:1903
Term End2:1906
Predecessor2:Position renamed
Successor2:Friedrich von Thiersch
Order3:7th
Title3:Director of the Technical University of Munich
Term Start3:1900
Term End3:1903
Successor3:Position renamed
Nationality:German
Birth Date:1856 12, df=yes
Birth Place:Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria
Death Place:Munich, Nazi Germany
Education:Technical University of Munich
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Thesis Title:Über regulär verzweigte Riemannsche Flächen und die durch sie definierten Irrationalitäten
Thesis Year:1879

Walther Franz Anton von Dyck (6 December 1856 – 5 November 1934), born Dyck (pronounced as /de/[1]) 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.

Biography

Von Dyck was a student of Felix Klein and served as chairman of the commission publishing Klein's encyclopedia. Von Dyck was also the editor of Kepler's works. He promoted technological education as rector of the Technische Hochschule of Munich.[2] He was a Plenary Speaker of the ICM in 1908 at Rome.[3]

Von Dyck is the son of the Bavarian painter Hermann Dyck.

Legacy

The Dyck language in formal language theory is named after him,[4] as are Dyck's theorem and Dyck's surface in the theory of surfaces, together with the von Dyck groups, the Dyck tessellations, Dyck paths, and the Dyck graph.

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Notes and References

  1. Pronunciation according to information from the Board of Management of the Technical University of Munich.
  2. Rowe. David E.. Review of Walther von Dyck (1856–1934). Mathematik, Technik und Wissenschaftsorganisation an der TH München. Historia Mathematica. November 2008. 35. 4. 333–334. 10.1016/j.hm.2008.08.002.
  3. Book: Dyck, W. von. Die Encyklopädie der mathematischen Wissenschaften. G. Castelnuovo. Atti del IV Congresso Internazionale dei Matematici (Roma, 6–11 Aprile 1908). ICM proceedings. 1909. 1. 123–134. University of Toronto Press. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=miun.aag4063.0081.001;view=1up;seq=129.
  4. Web site: Udacity CS262 . 2012-07-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161227181339/https://www.udacity.com/view#Course/cs262/CourseRev/apr2012/Unit/80001/Nugget/92002 . 2016-12-27 . dead .