Walther von Dyck | |
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| 8th Rector of the Technical University of Munich | |
| In office 1919–1925 | |
| Preceded by | Karl Heinrich Hager |
| Succeeded by | Jonathan Zenneck |
| 1st Rector of the Technical University of Munich | |
| In office 1903–1906 | |
| Preceded by | Position renamed |
| Succeeded by | Friedrich von Thiersch |
| 7th Director of the Technical University of Munich | |
| In office 1900–1903 | |
| Preceded by | Egbert von Hoyer |
| Succeeded by | Position renamed |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 December 1856 Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Died | 5 November 1934 (aged 77) Munich, Nazi Germany |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Technical University of Munich |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Thesis | Über regulär verzweigte Riemannsche Flächen und die durch sie definierten Irrationalitäten (1879) |
| Doctoral advisor | Felix Klein |
Walther Franz Anton von Dyck (6 December 1856 – 5 November 1934), born Dyck (German pronunciation: [diːk][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 (Dyck 1882). He laid the foundations of combinatorial group theory,[2] being the first to systematically study a group by generators and relations.
- ^ Pronunciation according to information from the Board of Management of the Technical University of Munich.
- ^ Stillwell, John (2002), Mathematics and its history, Springer, p. 374, ISBN 978-0-387-95336-6