Mathematician:Walther Franz Anton von Dyck

Mathematician

German mathematician who was one of the pioneers of group theory.

The first to define a group in the abstract sense. The first to study a group by generators.

A student of Felix Klein.

Nationality

Bavarian

History

• Born: 6 Dec 1856, Munich, Germany (then Bavaria)
• Died: 5 Nov 1934, Munich, Germany

Theorems and Definitions

• Dyck Language
• Dyck's Theorem
• Dyck's Surface
• Von Dyck Groups
• Dyck Tessellations
• Dyck Graph

Publications

• 1879: Über regulär verzweigte Riemannsche Flächen und die durch sie definierten Irrationalitäten
• 1882: Gruppentheoretische Studien (Group-theoretical Studies)

Also known as

He was originally known as Walther Dyck: the von was added later when he was ennobled.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Walther Franz Anton von Dyck": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 1996: John F. Humphreys: A Course in Group Theory ... (previous) ... (next): Chapter $2$: Maps and relations on sets: Summary