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Thorvald Nicolai Thiele

b. 24 December 1838 d. 26 September 1910

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Statisticians of the Centuries

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A man of many talents, Professor (at the Copenhagen Observatory) T.N. Thiele was a leading personality in astronomy, numerical analysis, actuarial science, and mathematical statistics. He invented cumulants and discovered Thiele’s differential equation.

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  1. School of Mathematical Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia

    C. C. Heyde

  2. Department of Statistics, Columbia University, New York, NY, 10027, USA

    C. C. Heyde

  3. School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, 2006, Australia

    E. Seneta

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Norberg, R. (2001). Thorvald Nicolai Thiele. In: Heyde, C.C., Seneta, E., Crépel, P., Fienberg, S.E., Gani, J. (eds) Statisticians of the Centuries. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-0179-0_45

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