Weierstrassian

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adjective

Of or relating to Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897), German mathematician.

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Meanings

adjectiveWeierstrassian (comparative more Weierstrassian, superlative most Weierstrassian)

comparative more Weierstrassian · superlative most Weierstrassian

  1. Of or relating to Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897), German mathematician.
nounWeierstrassian (plural Weierstrassians)

plural Weierstrassians

  1. A follower of the German mathematician Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897).

    For the analysts, Weierstrass was the leader; his followers were proud to be known as Weierstrassians, and they constitute a school in the strict sense.

    2000, Ivor Grattan-Guinness, The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 486

Origin

From Weierstrass + -ian.

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