Weierstrassian

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Weierstrass +‎ -ian

Adjective[edit]

Weierstrassian (comparative more Weierstrassian, superlative most Weierstrassian)

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

Noun[edit]

Weierstrassian (plural Weierstrassians)

  1. A follower of the German mathematician Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897).
    • 2000, Ivor Grattan-Guinness, The Rainbow of Mathematics: A History of the Mathematical Sciences, W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 486:
      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.
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