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.

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Label Occurrences
Karl Weierstrass canonical 30
Hermann Amandus Schwarz 1
Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass 1

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instanceOf German mathematician ⓘ
human ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
awardReceived Copley Medal ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Germany ⓘ
Prussia ⓘ
surface form: Kingdom of Prussia
dateOfBirth 1815-10-31 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1897-02-19 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Bonn ⓘ
University of Münster ⓘ
employer Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form: Royal Polytechnic School in Berlin

Humboldt University of Berlin ⓘ
surface form: University of Berlin
era 19th century ⓘ
familyName Karl Weierstrass self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Weierstrass
fieldOfWork calculus ⓘ
complex analysis ⓘ
elliptic functions ⓘ
mathematical analysis ⓘ
real analysis ⓘ
theory of functions ⓘ
fullName Karl Weierstrass self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass
givenName Karl ⓘ
hasStudent Georg Cantor ⓘ
Gösta Mittag-Leffler ⓘ
Lazarus Fuchs ⓘ
Sofia Kovalevskaya ⓘ
surface form: 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 self-link ⓘ
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 ⓘ

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Prussian Academy of Sciences → notableMember → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
David Hilbert → influencedBy → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Karl Weierstrass → name → Karl Weierstrass self-link ⓘ
Karl Weierstrass → fullName → Karl Weierstrass self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass
Karl Weierstrass → familyName → Karl Weierstrass self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Weierstrass
inverse function theorem → historicallyAssociatedWith → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Georg Cantor → academicAdvisor → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Sofia Kovalevskaya → doctoralAdvisor → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Sofia Kovalevskaya → influencedBy → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Augustin-Louis Cauchy → influenced → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Ernst Zermelo → doctoralAdvisor → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hermann Amandus Schwarz
Ernst Eduard Kummer → notableStudent → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Paul du Bois-Reymond → influencedBy → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
epsilon–delta definition of limit → historicallyAssociatedWith → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Weierstrass approximation theorem → namedAfter → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Weierstrass function → namedAfter → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Weierstrass function → introducedBy → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Weierstrass factorization theorem → namedAfter → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Weierstrass M-test → namedAfter → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Weierstrass substitution → namedAfter → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Weierstrass elliptic functions → namedAfter → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Weierstrass elliptic functions → introducedBy → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Weierstrass preparation theorem → namedAfter → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Lazarus Fuchs → doctoralAdvisor → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Gösta Mittag-Leffler → doctoralAdvisor → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Gösta Mittag-Leffler → studiedUnder → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Gösta Mittag-Leffler → influencedBy → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Ostenfelde → birthplaceOf → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Ennigerloh → birthplaceOf → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Sofya Vasilyevna Korvin-Krukovskaya → doctoralAdvisor → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Elwin Bruno Christoffel → doctoralAdvisor → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Elwin Bruno Christoffel → studentOf → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ
Essai sur l’étude des fonctions données par leur développement de Taylor → influencedBy → Karl Weierstrass ⓘ