Karl Weierstrass was a German mathematician who lived from 1815 to 1897 and is often called the father of modern analysis, despite leaving university without a degree before later becoming a professor of mathematics in Berlin. He gave a rigorous formal definition of the continuity of a function, developed foundational results in complex analysis, and proved the intermediate value theorem and the Bolzano-Weierstrass theorem. His work significantly advanced the theoretical foundations of calculus and the study of continuous functions on closed intervals.
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FieldMathematics (mathematical analysis) 1 BirthplaceOstenfelde, Westphalia, Germany 1 In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Germany, nationality there.
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1. Wikipedia: Karl Weierstrass
Lead paragraph, birth date
Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass (; German: Weierstraß [ˈvaɪɐʃtʁaːs]; 31 October 1815
Lead paragraph, birth year
Karl Theodor Wilhelm Weierstrass (; German: Weierstraß [ˈvaɪɐʃtʁaːs]; 31 October 1815
Early life, paragraph 1 (birthplace)
Weierstrass was born into a Roman Catholic family in Ostenfelde, a village near Ennigerloh, in the Province of Westphalia.
Later life, final paragraph (death date)
died in Berlin from pneumonia on the 19th of February, 1897
Later life, final paragraph (death year)
died in Berlin from pneumonia on the 19th of February, 1897
Later life, final paragraph (death place)
died in Berlin from pneumonia on the 19th of February, 1897
Lead paragraph, nationality
was a German mathematician often cited as the "father of modern analysis"
Lead paragraph, field
was a German mathematician often cited as the "father of modern analysis"
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