Fenchel
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Fenchel may refer to
  • Käte Fenchel
    Käte Fenchel
    Käte Fenchel née Käte Sperling Jewish German mathematician, best known for her work on non-abelian groups.Born in Berlin of a newspaper reporter and a bookkeeper, young Käte learned to read and write sooner than most children, and after skipping a few grades, was given scholarships to attend...

     (1905 - 1983), a Jewish German mathematician
  • Tom Fenchel
    Tom Fenchel
    Tom Michael Fenchel is a Danish marine ecologist and professor first at the University of Aarhus, later at the University of Copenhagen. He is a highly cited scientist and known for, among other things, Fenchel's Law. He holds PhD and D.Sc...

     (born 1940), a Danish marine biologist
  • Werner Fenchel
    Werner Fenchel
    Moritz Werner Fenchel was a mathematician known for his contributions to geometry and to optimization theory. Fenchel established the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory. Fenchel's monographs and lecture-notes were very influential also...

     (1905 – 1988), a German mathematician


It may also refer to
  • Fenchel's Law
    Fenchel's Law
    Fenchel's Law is a regularity in population ecology regarding how exponential population growth is related to the body size of the organism. It was first described by the Danish marine ecologist Tom Fenchel. It contends that species with larger body sizes tend to have lower rates of population growth...

    , a regularity in population ecology
  • Fennel
    Fennel
    Fennel is a plant species in the genus Foeniculum . It is a member of the family Apiaceae . It is a hardy, perennial, umbelliferous herb, with yellow flowers and feathery leaves...

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