Karl Weierstrass
(1815-1897)
Died aged c. 82
Wikidata WikipediaKarl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass (German: Weierstraß [ˈvaɪɐʃtʁaːs]; 31 October 1815 – 19 February 1897) was a German mathematician often cited as the "father of modern analysis". Despite leaving university without a degree, he studied mathematics and trained as a school teacher, eventually teaching mathematics, physics, botany and gymnastics. He later received an honorary doctorate and became professor of mathematics in Berlin. Among many other contributions, Weierstrass formalized the definition of the continuity of a function, proved the intermediate value theorem and the Bolzano–Weierstrass theorem, and used the latter to study the properties of continuous functions on closed bounded intervals.
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Commemorated on 2 plaques
An dieser Stätte wurde am 31.10.1815 Karl Weierstrass der berühmte Mathematiker eine Leuchte der Berliner Universität geboren.
Weierstrassweg 2, Ostenfelde, Germany where they was born (1815)
Friedr. Wilh. Weber Der Sänger v. Dreizehnlinden 1813 - 94 Engelb. Humperdinck Komponist 1854 - 1921 Karl Weierstrass Mathematiker 1815 - 1897 Caspar Klein Erzbischof v. Paderborn 1865 - 1941 Wilhelm Ealdeyer Anatom 1886 -1921 Johannes Linneborn Dompropst 1867 - 1933 Wilhelm Schneider Bischof von Paderborn 1847 - 1909 Wilhelm Cuno Reichskanzler 1876 - 1933 Franz Hitze Soziapolitiker 1851 - 1921 Paul Lejeune-Jung Mitgl. d. Widerstands-Regier.g 1882 - 1944 Clemens Baeumker Philosophiehistoriker 1853 - 1924 Franz Hengsbach Kardinal 1910 - 1991 [full inscription unknown]
Theodorianum, Paderborn, Germany where they was a student