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Weierstrassian

Weierstrassian adjective: of or relating to Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897), German mathematician.

Adjective

Weierstrassian (comparative more Weierstrassian, superlative most Weierstrassian)

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

Noun

Weierstrassian (plural Weierstrassians)

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

Forms of Weierstrassian

Adjective
comparativemore Weierstrassian
superlativemost Weierstrassian
Noun
pluralWeierstrassians

Origin of Weierstrassian

From Weierstrass + -ian.

Questions about Weierstrassian

What does Weierstrassian mean?
Weierstrassian means of or relating to Karl Weierstrass (1815–1897), German mathematician.
What part of speech is Weierstrassian?
Weierstrassian can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near Weierstrassian in the dictionary

  1. Weierstrass gaps
  2. Weierstrass point
  3. Weierstrass points
  4. Weierstrass-Lindemann theorem
  5. Weierstrasses
  6. Weierstrassian
  7. Weierstrassians
  8. Weifang
  9. Weigand
  10. Weigands
  11. Weigel

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