Which Happened First?

Helge von Koch

Helge von Koch
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Niels Fabian Helge von Koch was a Swedish mathematician who gave his name to the famous fractal known as the Koch snowflake, one of the earliest fractal curves to be described.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. DeLisle StewartMarch 16, 1870 – February 8, 1941
  2. Édouard Le RoyJune 18, 1870 – November 9, 1954
  3. Helge von Koch (this page)January 25, 1870 – March 11, 1924
  4. Jean-Baptiste PerrinSeptember 30, 1870 – April 17, 1942
  5. Jules BordetJune 13, 1870 – April 6, 1961
  6. Louis BachelierMarch 11, 1870 – April 26, 1946

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