MATHEMATICIAN

Walther von Dyck

1856 - 1934

Photo of Walther von Dyck

Icon of person Walther von Dyck

Walther Franz Anton von Dyck (6 December 1856 – 5 November 1934), born Dyck (German pronunciation: [diːk]) 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, being the first to systematically study a group by generators and relations. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Walther von Dyck is the 874th most popular mathematician (down from 841st in 2019), the 5,241st most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,074th in 2019) and the 98th most popular German Mathematician.

Memorability Metrics

Loading...

Page views of Walther von Dyck by language

Loading...

Among MATHEMATICIANS

Among mathematicians, Walther von Dyck ranks 874 out of 1,004. Before him are Roger Apéry, Diederik Korteweg, Shinichi Mochizuki, Suzan Kahramaner, Tom M. Apostol, and Wilhelm Wirtinger. After him are Michael Aschbacher, Andrzej Mostowski, Anatoly Maltsev, Ngô Bảo Châu, Garrett Birkhoff, and Kenneth Appel.

Most Popular Mathematicians in Wikipedia

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Contemporaries

Among people born in 1856, Walther von Dyck ranks 122. Before him are Vernon Lee, Orville Gibson, Karolina Widerström, Jinzō Matsumura, Belisario Porras Barahona, and Wovoka. After him are Edward Goodrich Acheson, Jens Bratlie, Colin Campbell Cooper, Louis-Gustave Binger, Granville Woods, and Tom Roberts. Among people deceased in 1934, Walther von Dyck ranks 156. Before him are Gustav de Vries, Leonid Sobinov, William H. Welch, Emiliano González Navero, Dukinfield Henry Scott, and Júlia Lopes de Almeida. After him are Majit Gafuri, Joel Lehtonen, José Santos Chocano, Theobald Smith, Ferenc Móra, and Edgeworth David.

Others Born in 1856

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Others Deceased in 1934

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Walther von Dyck ranks 5,244 out of 7,253. Before him are Toni Ulmen (1906), Gustav von Seyffertitz (1862), Stephan Weil (1958), Carl Jacob Löwig (1803), Tommy Haas (1978), and Rolf-Dieter Heuer (1948). After him are Reinhard Lauck (1946), Helmut Braselmann (1911), Bruno Labbadia (1966), Kim Dotcom (1974), Margit Schumann (1952), and Christina Lathan (1958).

Others born in Germany

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous

Among MATHEMATICIANS In Germany

Among mathematicians born in Germany, Walther von Dyck ranks 98. Before him are Hans Rademacher (1892), Friedrich Engel (1861), Oskar Perron (1880), Erich Kähler (1906), Wolfgang Krull (1899), and Richard Rado (1906). After him are Richard Brauer (1901), Leopold Löwenheim (1878), Ruth Moufang (1905), Volker Strassen (1936), Don Zagier (1951), and Paul Koebe (1882).

German born Mathematicians

Go to all Rankings
Load previousLoad previous