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 Society of Actuaries. 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. & Robertson, Edmund F., “Thorvald N. Thiele”, MacTutor History of Mathematics archive
- Steffen L. Lauritzen, Aspects of T. N. Thiele’s Contributions to Statistics