Karl Weierstrass

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German mathematician human mathematician

Karl Weierstrass was a 19th-century German mathematician renowned as a founder of modern analysis, particularly for his rigorous formulation of calculus and the theory of functions.

Aliases (3)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	German mathematician → human → mathematician →
awardReceived	Copley Medal →
countryOfCitizenship	Germany → Kingdom of Prussia →
dateOfBirth	1815-10-31 →
dateOfDeath	1897-02-19 →
educatedAt	University of Bonn → University of Münster →
employer	Royal Polytechnic School in Berlin → University of Berlin →
era	19th century →
familyName	Weierstrass →
fieldOfWork	calculus → complex analysis → elliptic functions → mathematical analysis → real analysis → theory of functions →
fullName	Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass →
givenName	Karl →
hasStudent	Georg Cantor → Gösta Mittag-Leffler → Lazarus Fuchs → Sofya Kovalevskaya →
influenced	modern analysis → theory of functions of a complex variable →
influencedBy	Augustin-Louis Cauchy →
languageOfWorkOrName	German →
memberOf	Prussian Academy of Sciences →
name	Karl Weierstrass →
nativeLanguage	German →
notableFor	Weierstrass M-test → Weierstrass approximation theorem → Weierstrass elliptic functions → Weierstrass factorization theorem → Weierstrass function → Weierstrass preparation theorem → Weierstrass substitution → epsilon–delta definition of limit → foundations of modern analysis → rigorous formulation of calculus →
notableIdea	arithmetization of analysis → construction of continuous nowhere differentiable functions →
occupation	university teacher →
placeOfBirth	Ennigerloh → Ostenfelde →
placeOfDeath	Berlin →
sexOrGender	male →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Ernst Zermelo ("Hermann Amandus Schwarz") → Sofia Kovalevskaya →	doctoralAdvisor
David Hilbert → Sofia Kovalevskaya →	influencedBy
Georg Cantor →	academicAdvisor
Karl Weierstrass ("Weierstrass") →	familyName
Karl Weierstrass ("Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass") →	fullName
inverse function theorem →	historicallyAssociatedWith
Augustin-Louis Cauchy →	influenced
Karl Weierstrass →	name
Prussian Academy of Sciences →	notableMember