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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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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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