Etymology

Weierstrass point

Today it means: A point P on a nonsingular algebraic curve C defined over the complex numbers, such that there are more functions on C, with their poles restricted to P only, than would be predicted by the Riemann-Roch theorem. Full definition →

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Named after Karl Weierstrass.

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