Karl Weierstraß
1815 – 1897 · aged 82
German mathematician (1815–1897)
- Born
- 31 Oct 1815 · Ostenfelde
- Died
- 19 Feb 1897 · Berlin
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- 31 Oct 1815BornBorn in Ostenfelde
- 1856AwardHonorary doctor of the University of Königsberg
- 1881AwardForeign Member of the Royal Society
- 1885AwardBavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 1887AwardCothenius Medal
- 1892AwardHelmholtz Medal
- 1895AwardCopley Medal
- 19 Feb 1897DiedDied in Berlin
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- 1853 – 1856Crimean War
- 1857 – 1858Indian Rebellion of 1857
- 1870 – 1871Franco-Prussian War
- 18961896 Summer Olympics
Biography
Karl 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 and complex analysis, 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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