Thorvald N. Thiele
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Thorvald Nicolai Thiele (December 24 1838 – September 26 1910) was a Danish astronomer, actuary, and mathematician, most notable for his work in statistics, interpolation, and the three-body problem. He was the first to study cumulants and to propose the mathematical process of Brownian motion. He also was a founder and Mathematical Director of the Hafnia Insurance Company, and led the founding of the Danish Actuarial Society. It was through his insurance work that he came into contact with fellow mathematician Jørgen Pedersen Gram.
He was the father of Holger Thiele.
External link
- John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson. [] at the MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
- Steffen L. Lauritzen, [Aspects of T. N. Thiele’s Contributions to Statistics]
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