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.
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- O'Connor, John J., and Edmund F. Robertson. "Thorvald N. Thiele". MacTutor History of Mathematics archive.
- Steffen L. Lauritzen, Aspects of T. N. Thiele’s Contributions to Statistics
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