Karl Weierstrass
Karl Weierstrass
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a German mathematician often cited as the "father of modern analysis".
Born
31 October 1815 Ennigerloh, Kingdom of Prussia
Died
19 February 1897 (aged 81) Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia
Nationality
German
Known for
Weierstrass function Weierstrass product inequality (ε, δ)-definition of limit Weierstrass–Erdmann condition Weierstrass theorems Bolzano–Weierstrass theorem
Fields
Mathematics
Alma mater
University of Bonn Münster Academy
Awards
PhD (Hon) : University of Königsberg (1854) Copley Medal (1895)
Institutions
Gewerbeinstitut, Friedrich Wilhelm University
Academic advisors
Christoph Gudermann
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Germany
Doctoral students
Nikolai Bugaev Georg Cantor Georg Frobenius Lazarus Fuchs Wilhelm Killing Johannes Knoblauch Leo Königsberger Sofia Kovalevskaya Mathias Lerch Hans von Mangoldt Eugen Netto Adolf Piltz Carl Runge Arthur
era
1800+