Herman Valentiner

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Nationality Danish Fields Mathematics		Name Herman Valentiner Known for Valentiner group
Born 8 May 1850Gjorslev ( 1850-05-08 ) Died September 17, 1913, Copenhagen, Denmark
Alma mater University of Copenhagen

Herman Valentiner (8 May 1850 – 17 September 1913) was a Danish mathematician who introduced the Valentiner group in 1889.

Valentiner earned his Ph.D. in 1881 from the University of Copenhagen with a thesis on space curves, and took a teaching position. However, soon afterwards he moved to a Danish life insurance company.

Additional reading

Juel, C. (1913), "Herman Valentiner, Født 8. Maj 1850 - død 17. Sept. 1913", Nyt Tidsskr. for Mat. (B), 24: 65–69

Zeuthen, H. G., Herman Valentiner, Dansk biografisk Lexikon

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Herman Valentiner Wikipedia

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