# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/werner-fenchel
# Generated: 2026-08-13T15:28:33.876Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/werner-fenchel"
name: "Werner Fenchel"
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description: "Moritz Werner Fenchel was a German-Danish mathematician known for his contributions to geometry and to optimization theory. Fenchel established the basic results of convex analysis and nonlinear optimization theory which would, in time, serve as the foundation for nonlinear programming. A German-born Jew and early refugee from Nazi suppression of intellectuals, Fenchel lived most of his life in Denmark. Fenchel's monographs and lecture notes are considered influential."
tagline: "German mathematician (1905–1988)"
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birthDate: "1905-05-03"
deathDate: "1988-01-24"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump